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Citrus Napa Cabbage Salad

january 23, 2015

citrus napa cabbage salad

 

It’s not always easy to eat “clean” in chain restaurants.  Even relatively upscale chains may offer foods that are pre-breaded or bathed in a flavor enhanced sauce, or chopped in a distant city and transported in brine to your town.  In short, chains are often loaded with processed foods.

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salad dressings 101

january 11, 2013

lemon caper caesar dressing

lemon caper caesar dressing

Folks are deeply into New Year’s resolution mode : salad green mixes are flying off the shelves and merchants cannot keep up with the demand.  So.  You have resolved to eat more salads and fewer French fries.  And what are you putting on your colorful, crunchy salads?  How about propylene glycol alginate, high fructose corn syrup, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate?  Not quite what you had in mind when you signed up for better health in 2013, huh?  I thought so.  These keep your commercial salad dressings shelf-worthy, but who knows what they do to our bodies, our temples.  I would love to convince you that making your own salad dressing is easy, cost effective and a healthier choice overall.

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