**Full Disclosure: I am a Salata Select blogger and received a gift card to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own.
If I could eat at Salata every day, I would, so I was {and still am} very excited that Salata asked me to come back for another year as a Salata Select Blogger!
I have a go-to salad recipe but Salata challenged me to put fresh first and try some of their recipes.
Now, I am a picky eater so there are things I’d leave out of these salads. And I did just that when I ordered the wrap pictured above. It’s a wheat wrap and I’d say it’s closest to the Antioxidant Salad listed below. I filled it full of romaine hearts, Parmesan cheese, carrots, peas, corn, strawberries, apples, grapes and herb-marinated chicken. I topped it with the Fresh Herb Vinaigrette dressing. This is my absolute favorite but, when they have it, I use turkey in place of chicken.
Salata Fresh First Recipes:
- Protein Packed Salad – Grilled Chicken, Hard Boiled Egg, Kidney Beans, Field Greens and Feta Cheese (total protein – 26 g)Protein is beneficial because it is the building block for bones, muscles, skin and blood. A diet rich in protein has many health and weight loss benefits. For example, it keeps the body filing full for a longer period therefore you eat less. Protein is also beneficial in your diet plan because it takes more energy for your body to “breakdown” protein than the other macronutrients.
- Essential Omegas Salad – Salmon, Sunflower seeds, Walnuts, Lemon Vinaigrette and GreensOmega 3 and Omega 6 essential fatty acids cannot be made in the body therefore they must come from food. These essential fats play a key role in supporting heart health (EPA) and cell membrane and brain development (DHA). Eating two to three servings per week of oily fish such a salmon is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Antioxidant Salad – Strawberries, Apples, Pineapples, Dried Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds and Field GreensFresh fruit and vegetables contain antioxidants. These molecules like Lycopene and Vitamin C are your body’s first defense against disease causing free radicals. Many studies show that people with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables have fewer diseases.
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Fiber Boost – Romaine Lettuce, Jicama, Black Beans, Garbanzo Beans, Artichoke Hearts and Sundried Tomato- (total fiber – 10.55 g)Fiber, like protein, has the ability to help you feel fuller longer because of the time it takes your body to digests it. Many studies have shown that people who eat more fiber tend to have healthier body weight. Along with weight loss fiber also helps lower cholesterol, prevent constipation, and improves digestion.
- Energy Boosting Wrap – Whole wheat tortilla, Kale, Almond slivers and a Protein (salmon, chicken, shrimp)These super ingredients are rich in B vitamins and magnesium, which play a key role in the metabolism of food into energy. Kale is high is the amino acid l-tyrosine which can act as a mood/energy booster. Carbohydrates are the central source of energy in the diet, ensuring that those carbohydrates come from whole wheat can help stabilize blood sugar. Keeping the body’s blood sugar stable helps to prevent the energy crash you get from refined processed carbs.
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