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Hit the Restart Button: Eat More Salads ~ Try Our Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes

September 2, 2014 by Laura 17 Comments

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I have homemade salad dressing recipes for you!

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Let’s just say you are hitting the restart button this fall in an effort be healthier. If I could give you just one piece of advice for making one simple change, it would have to be this:  Eat more salads.

And also drink more water and cut back on sugar. And eat real butter instead of margarine. 

Apparently I feel strongly about more than one aspect of making healthy changes and I just can’t not mention butter in a post about making changes in your diet. But today, I really do want to focus on eating salads. With a big glass of water on the side. Plus you should never, ever eat margarine.

Easy Taco Salad with homemade French Dressing

Soooo, salads. We all know they are good for us. The reason I bring them up today is because I think they are a fantastic way for all of us to hit the restart button and fill up on nourishing foods. The possibilities are endless when it comes to building a salad. This means that none of us have excuses as to “not liking” what’s in front of us. You can pick what you put in it, for goodness sake. Green leaf, red leaf, romaine, spinach, cucumbers, peas, carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms, sweet peppers, onions, and on it goes. Then you can put dressing all over it – the kind you like best. You can even put bacon and cheese in your salad. If that’s not a reason to eat a bowl full of green leafy vegetables, I don’t know what is.

Bacon, Egg, and Avocado Salad

It is now easier than ever to make super healthy salads. Do you have these little gems at your grocery store?

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They are pre-washed, so all you have to do is throw the greens in a bowl or on your plate. No excuses!

I highly encourage you to make a variety of tossed salads a bigger part of your life. I highly encourage you to make your own salad dressings with pure ingredients to keep your salads healthy. And I encourage you to eat butter. 

Need some easy salad dressing recipe ideas? Hit the restart button by making a new salad dressing or two. You’ll find that it’s so nice to have Ranch Salad Dressing Mix and Italian Salad Dressing Mix made up in bulk so that you can quickly mix in liquid ingredients for fresh, healthy dressings.

Favorite Simple Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes 2

You’ll find all of our homemade salad dressing recipes on this page (along with many other fun condiment recipes you’ll love). Here are our favorites at a quick glance…

Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes

  • French Dressing
  • Italian Salad Dressing
  • Ranch Salad Dressing
  • Thousand Island Salad Dressing

How many times each week do you eat salad? Could you eat them more often? What is your favorite kind of salad dressing?

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