Returning home after an all morning conference, I was craving a salad. Strange, right? Thankfully I had some leftover chicken breast and I just bought a jar roasted peppers. That was all the inspiration I needed! 🙂
As for the addition of Flax. I've been reading so much about how they are great additions to your diet. Like in 4 Ways to Feed Your Brain or 5 Foods to Try Now, Flax seem to be listed in more and more of these types of articles.
The thing about flaxseeds though, you have to ground them a bit to get their benefit. According to WHFoods.com "...the nutrients in ground seeds are more easily absorbed. "
However, they last longer whole. So I buy a bag of whole seeds and keep them in my freezer (they will go rancid otherwise) then throw them in my magic bullet or blender when I want to use them. It works for me. 
- About 2 cups baby spinach leaves (2 big handfuls)
- Half of a large roasted red pepper cut into strips (reserve some of the liquid)
- about 1 tbsp your favorite light Italian dressing
- 3 oz leftover cooked chicken breast
- 1 oz shredded part skim mozzarella cheese (28g)
- ½ tbsp whole flaxseeds (5g) pulsed in the blender
- 1 tbsp bacon bits (5g)
Slice the red pepper. Take about a tbsp of the liquid in the pepper jar and combine it with the dressing. Toss the baby spinach leaves with the dressing/liquid picture and pile it on the a plate.
Top the spinach with the red pepper and chicken. Sprinkle the cheese, flaxseeds and bacon bits on top.
Enjoy! 🙂
Here are a few more shots. I wasn't really happy with any of the pictures so I couldn't decide on the best of the worst. I hate photographing salads!
| Servings | Amt per Serving | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entire Salad | |||
| Calories | Fat | Fiber | WWPs | |
| 300 | 12g | 3g | old: 6 | new: 7 |
| Sugar | Sat Fat | Carbs | Protein | |
| 2g | 4g | 6g | 36g | |
Sounds like a very yummy salad! I like the picture in the lower left the best!
looks yummy! I love spinach and chicken salad but this looks better with a few additions. I eat a lot of flax 🙂 ........sometimes even by the spoon in a very hungry moment.....bit hard to swallow 🙂 The pictures are great!
LOL I ALWAYS have spinach on hand. It's stock for me. As for the red peppers I picked up a little jar. They are so flavorful and light I want to try and keep them on hand.
Looks delicious. But I'd need red peppers and spinach to try it. Maybe next week ...