Everyone knows, (well almost everyone knows) that the base of a healthy diet is green vegetables, and that the centerpiece of any healthy diet is the salad!
There is something amazing about salads; besides being the most nutrient rich meals of the day, they are light and filling. Depending on how you prepare them they can one of the most filling nutrient rich meals of the day.
Like “the sandwich” and other food preparation franchises, there are unlimited ways to make a salad. The constant is leafy greens.
Now, as popular as salads have become, and as healthy and convenient as they can be as a staple in any healthy diet no matter what brand or diet type, salads are the subject of as many diet traps as the Standard American Diet.
Why?
Well, the reason is, you can put just about anything on a salad in the world of westernized diets and have it still be called a “salad”.
Now one of the biggest diet traps of modern day salads is the dressing.
First, let me say, that the mark of a great salad dressing is that it’s a whole food and one of the “food ingredients”. If you were to run out of salad, you could then lick the bowl and eat up the salad dressing.
But that’s not the case with 99% of salad dressings.
Would you ever consider putting a spoonful of ranch dressing in your mouth?Of course not.
Here are the ingredients in the standard ranch dressing.
1/2 c. sour cream
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. dill weed
1/4 c. milk
1 tbsp. parsley
1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 c. chick peas
- 1/2 pepper (red or green)
- 1 tsp. MatoZest
- Splash of Orange Juice
Leave it to Dr Fuhrman Foods to come up with a great trio of salad dressings, to dress your salad for success!Both nutritious and delicious these healthy salad dressings will liven up your salad!
Dr. Fuhrman’s dressings are made with only the highest quality, fresh, all natural ingredients. Heart healthy raw nuts and seeds take the place of unhealthy oils found in most other dressings. These unique recipes use nuts and seeds with other nutrient-rich ingredients to create a scrumptious, full flavored taste in every bottle. Your salads will never be the same!
No Oil – No Salt – No Preservatives
Vegan & Gluten FreeTuscan Herb Dressing contains a perfect balance of classic Mediterranean flavors: tomatoes, fresh roasted garlic, onion, basil, oregano and red pepper. This creamy and flavorful recipe may become your “go to” dressing for every occasion. Nutrition Facts
BlueberryPom Dressing is packed with the antioxidant rich duo of blueberries and pomegranate. A healthy combination of colorful fruits is rounded out with the natural sweetness of dates and the unique flavor of cashews. Add a delicious serving of fruit to every salad! Nutrition Facts
Veggie Dijon Dressing begins with a base of seven healthy vegetables (carrot, watercress, spinach, lettuce, celery, beet and parsley) blended with cashews and sunflower seeds to provide a smooth and creamy dressing or dip. A hint of mustard adds a zesty, savory note to round out this distinctive dressing. Nutrition Facts
If you are new to the world of whole food, healthy salad dressings, start with Dr Fuhrman Salad Dressings.
I read "Eat To Live" and I tend to believe its analysis and I try to eat according to its prescription. However I am forced to eat all my meals "out," and since I travel a lot I cannot depend on finding anything but microwaves (at some convenience stores) and grocery stores of varying quality. Do you have any suggestions for someone in my position?
James,
It’s all going to come down to knowing the local area and where to go eat, including grocery stores, packing food with you, heating food even in microwaves, and learning doing the BEST you can do in every situation you are in. The principles of Nutrient Rich eating, don’t change, you do the best you can and stay 100% committed to that. All you can do, is all you can do and all you can do is enough. I get into this a great deal more in How to Shop, Prepare, Organize and Eat Out The Nutrient Rich Way.
In September you’ll have a copy of this.
JAM