Think it’s always good to have a salad?

As a holistic nutritionist for over 20 years, I often get asked this question:

"Isnt salad always a healthy option?"

Dieters, fitness enthusiasts, and those just wanting to get healthier regularly order a salad for their meal, always assuming it is the healthiest option on a menu.

Unfortunately, all too often this is not the case.

There are 2 types of salads to consider here:

#1 - Eating Out: Most salads you find in restaurants are covered with croutons, cheeses, candied nuts, and slathered in dressings that undo any good you wouldve been getting from the actual lettuce and vegetables. Sigh.

#2 - Eating at Home: Salads made at home can be as healthy as you would like them to be. That being said, I have never once walked into a clients home and not found store-bought salad dressings in the refrigerator. Every dressing bottle I have ever read - even the so-called healthy ones - contain refined seed or vegetable oils, sugars, fillers, gums, and preservatives. Without realizing it, you are literally covering one of the healthiest meals on the planet with one of the most UNHEALTHY toppings on the planet.Double Sigh.

Here is a sneak-peak at one of my favorite Stay Skinny salad dressing recipes. I make this one at home nearly every week.