Clean Watermelon Salad

There is nothing I love more than watermelon in the summer! I like to have it in the refrigerator at all times. It's so refreshing and is a cure for the sweet tooth when it rears it's ugly head ;)

I had quite a bit of watermelon that was going to go bad so I decided to make a quick salad as a side item to some grilled chicken.

Clean Watermelon Salad

2 cups of arugula
1 cup of cubed watermelon
1/2 cup of fat free feta
1/4 cup of chopped fresh mint

I drizzled the whole thing with some balsamic vinegar and added a little fresh ground pepper.

Clean Mexican Salmon Salad

This is something I literally threw together on my lunch break. I added it to an avocado, but you could also use it as a dip with tortilla chips. 

Clean Mexican Salmon Salad
1 package of Wild Caught Salmon (From the canned tuna aisle)
1/2 cup of FF greek yogurt
1/4 cup black beans
1/4 cup thawed frozen corn
1/4 cup of chopped cilantro
1/4 cup of FF Feta Cheese
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp of chili powder
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and you are done! 

I scooped out a little bit of a half of an avocado, added that to the mixture and stirred it up until blended. Then I put about 3/4 cup of the mixture in the avocado and cooked it on a cookie sheet on 350 for about 15 minutes. It was great that way! 

Things you could add that I didn't.....

Diced Tomatoes

Green Chilies 

Diced Onions 

Cayanne Pepper

Diced Bell Peppers 

Clean Summer Salad

I love summer salads. There is something about fruit, nuts, and stinky cheese that gets me! This is one of my favorites! Enjoy! 

Clean Summer Salad
Field greens
Grilled chicken
Sliced strawberries
Diced granny smith apples
Pecans
Low fat gorgonzola
Clean Honey Vinaigrette

Clean Chicken Taco Salad

This salad is super simple and super tasty! I have added the ingredients I used below, but not the measurements. I'll let you decide how much you want to put on your salad. Enjoy!

Clean Chicken Taco Salad
Field greens
Grilled chicken slices
Black olives
Cherry tomatoes
Diced avocado
Shredded low fat white cheddar
Drained black beans
Frozen corn thawed
Clean tortilla chips
Clean Chipotle Avocado Vinaigrette 

Clean Eating Cobb Salad

I had never eaten a cobb salad until recently. To be honest I had never really eaten a salad until recently. You see I am the pickiest eater on the planet. I don't like lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, peppers....pretty much every thing that goes on a salad! I slowly started to eat baby spinach with strawberries, sweet and salty pecans, salmon, and blue cheese. Then I started expanding. When I say expanding I mean, eating field green salads and choosing a salad with pears and gorgonzola!! So expanding is probably not the correct word!!

Since my husband loves cobb salads I decided to make one. I mean I like cheese, eggs, turkey, bacon...sounds pretty darn good to me. (I left the tomatoes off mine) I liked this salad so much I could eat it everyday!!!

I am not going to give measurements on what I used because it's kind of up to you. It all depends on how many you are making and what you want.

This is what I used.......

Clean Eating Cobb Salad
Baby Spinach
Grape Tomatoes
Avocados
Reduced Fat Blue Cheese
Hard Boiled Eggs
Clean Turkey Bacon crumbled
Clean Turkey Deli Meat
Clean Parmesan Croutons
Clean Chipotle-Avocado Vinaigrette 

Clean Chipotle-Avocado Vinaigrette

I had a salad recently at a restaurant called Grace 1720. It was a seafood cobb salad and it was one of the best salads I have ever had. The dressing it came with was an ancho-chili vinaigrette. It was the perfect blend of sweet and spicy.

This evening I decided to make a cobb salad. My husband grew up on them. He said it's one of the main memories he has of his grandmother, Viola. She used Ott's dressing on hers. I searched high and low for the ingredients list of Ott's Red Dressing and couldn't find it anywhere. I know it's similar to French dressing, but I wanted to try to recreate the real thing. Since I don't like French dressing (or Ott's for that matter) I decided to try to recreate the ancho-chili vinaigrette I had at Grace 1720 so we could both eat it.



This is what I came up with from ingredients I could find in my fridge and pantry.....

Clean Chipotle-Avocado Vinaigrette
1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar
2 tbls of raw honey
1/4 tsp of garlic salt
1 tsp of chipotle powder (this makes it a little on the spicy side. Reduce to 1/2 tsp if you don't like spicy, but I liked the spice with the salad. I couldn't have taken it on it's own though...I am a baby!)
1 package of 100 calorie packs of Wholly Guacamole

Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until thoroughly mixed.

Clean Eating Parmesan Croutons

If you are coming here to find out how to accidentally make clean croutons, you have come to the right place!!

Last week I made these croutons by accident. I was making my husband and I some clean garlic bread to go with our meal. Well I turned off the oven and then never took the bread out. The next day I went to put something in the oven and there was our garlic bread.....hard! I almost threw it away and then thought wait, I can use this as croutons. I cut it up in crouton size pieces and tried one....and the clean eating crouton was born!!!

Remember these have to be made the night before. (You could probably cook them on a lower temp for a longer amount of time and make them the same day. I have not tested this though)

Clean Eating Parmesan Crouton
1 piece of clean bread (I got mine from the farmers market. It was a whole wheat sourdough so it was a larger piece of bread. Use 2 pieces if yours is a small piece)
1.5 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp of oregano
1/8 tsp of garlic salt
1 tbls of shredded parmesan cheese

Heat oven to 350.
Using a pastry brush, brush olive oil on bread. Even sprinkle oregano, garlic salt, and parmesan.
Lay bread right on the grate in the oven and back for 20 minutes. Then turn oven off and take the bread out the next day. I suggest putting a note on the oven.

Mine have been in plastic container for 4 days and they are still hard. I used them on the clean cobb salad with clean chipotle-avocado vinaigrette I made last night and they were very good. Gave it a nice crunch.

Clean Honey Vinaigrette

My husband and I walked to Phish Phood tonight for their awesome summer salad. I love any salad that is greens with any fruit, any stinky cheese, and any nuts! It's my favorite combo. Unfortunately the salad dressing is loaded with sugar and has bacon in it...not good for the no sugar and clean eating plan. So I decided I had to make my own sugar free dressing. It's so easy, I am not sure I will ever buy dressing again!

Clean Honey Vinaigrette 
2 1/2 tablespoons of honey
3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon of Mrs. Dash Garlic and Herb

Clean Avocado Chicken Salad

This was very good and I don't even like chicken salad! So quick and easy to make. I always have guac, canned chicken, and greek yogurt on hand so this is always available! 

Clean Avocado Chicken Salad

1 large can of all white chicken

1/4 cup of FF greek yogurt

dash of garlic salt

1 tsp of garlic and herb Mrs. Dash

1 100 calorie pack of Wholly Guacamole

Put all ingredients in a bowl and mix until well blended. I ate this with crackers, but you could serve it as a sandwich on clean bread.