Lately I've been noticing that several different people on my social media sights are prepping their meals for the whole week in one day. Every time I see them posting pictures of their organized little tupperware's, jars, and foil baking tins I feel a certain envy for that kind of organization and dedication to their diets. I always tell myself that I am just not "that" kind of person and that I'd never be able to have the time to organize a whole weeks worth of dinners in one night, it seems like a daunting task.
One day I was doing my morning routine and stumbled across a blog thekitchn.com and the main theme for the day was how to make a jar salad. I thought "now what a great idea for work lunches". I do massage for a living and most of the time you can't leave or it's not affordable to leave and get lunch, but doing massage makes me so hungry so I've gotta pack a lunch. I am always looking for new ideas and treats for my lunch so it's less boring and these jar salads really perked my interest. I decided to try a few. My sweetie Kala calls these Jalads. She's been making them for her lunch for awhile now.
One of the best tips I have ever received is to wash my produce as soon as I bring it in from the store before I put it away in the fridge. It saves me so much time in the long run. Because of that little tip the salad jars were super easy and quick to make. I started off with a very simple salad. On the bottom I used this dressing that I got from Costco called Miso dressing (it is THE BOMB dressing), next I put little tomatoes and diced cucumbers, then in went the quinoa. I suggest quinoa for any and all salads it is packed with protein and it is delicious, next I put in this salad mix that i also got from costco because it has spinach, kale, and chard now that's a healthy salad mix.
I love cheese! Oh I love all sorts of different cheeses I love goat cheese, I love feta cheese, I love blue cheese, I love gureyere, I love Brie and well you get the picture so on top of the salad mix I added some feta cheese. I made four jars on my first try. I was so happy the next morning when I was getting ready for work and my lunch was already ready to go and when lunch time came I was in Salad heaven. It was so good I had to do a happy dance.
On my next attempt at jar salads I made 8 of them, we've been having at least one salad a day now and it feels great! It's perfect for the kids because it is already pre made so they can just take out the jar, shake the salad, and then put it in a bowl. I came up with three different recipes for the jar salads, that way you can always have a few different options.
Kale Salad. I got this recipe from a local health food store called Mana. It is super healthy and super good. My two year old loves it.
First I make the dressing:
Oil
Braggs (or soy sauce)
Lemon
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
salt
You put the dressing on the bottom of the jar
Next I add little tomatoes and cucumbers
add the quinoa
Sunflower seeds
cranberries or golden raisins
shredded carrots
chopped Kale
Mais is a salad dressing making genius. Her salads are sooo delicious so here's one of her favorite recipes.
Dressing:
Oil
Vinegar
A little bit of Miso Dressing
A fruit she's been using pear
Blend these ingredients up
Dressing goes on the bottom
Carrots
shredded beets
snap peas
salad mix
Fetta cheese
Chef Salad
In the bottom of the jar add whichever dressing you'd prefer. For whatever reason I love ranch on my chefs salad but that's just me.
add the tomatoes
olives sliced
salad mix
Hard boiled egg chopped
bacon
Ham
Shredded swiss cheese
If you're a veggie you could use tofu instead of ham and there is some really great tempeh bacon in place of the bacon.
I prefer bringing my croutons in a separate bag because they tend to get soggy in the jar.
I think I might be on to something here, maybe pre making isn't as hard as I thought. Who knows maybe I'll be pre-making dinners next. I guess I just might be becoming "one of those people" hahahahaha. Thank you for stopping by the blog. Enjoy!
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