The Set Up

This morning I woke up super early and decided to take advantage of this by getting my salad veggies ready for the week.  I think this is one of the simplest things I do that greatly improves my diet. Having all of the fixings for salads ready to go makes it so much easier to make a healthy choice for lunch or dinner. I often will top my salad veggies with some beans or fish, a little cooked grain (brown rice or quinoa) if I have it, maybe throw on a little cheese or a few nuts and call it a meal.

I actually really enjoy the time I spend setting up my salads for the week. I often put on some nice music and think of it as my time to relax and  make my health a priority. A few kitchen things things that are key: a salad spinner for quick and easy lettuce cleaning, a sharp chef's knife, a large cutting board, and a few containers for storing veggies. Total time to get my salad stuff ready for the week was 45 minutes- an amount that I could easily spend online or watching television. Those things are not always a bad way to spend time, but once a week, it definitely pays off to spend my time doing something that makes the rest of my week healthier and easier.