A major part of a healthy menu is salads! They are a clean, unprocessed food that has tons of vitamins packed in. It's a quick meal with no cooking involved. They make an easy packed lunch. I could go on about why salads are such a great food. One way to make them even quicker to make is to have your lettuce already chopped up. I started off just buying the bagged, already chopped lettuce, which is fine. To save a little more money ( I could use up 2 bags a week easily ) I started buying the whole lettuce and chopping it myself. It costs half as much. I bought a large plastic container that is specifically for my lettuce. I wash, chop and put it in the container and any time I want salad it's already chopped for me at half the price of buying it bagged. The more components you can have pre-chopped, the easier and quicker it is to throw a salad together. I sometimes pre-slice cucumbers and peppers and place them in baggies for quick use and I like to buy grape tomatoes when I can so I can just grab a couple and I'm done. When you can have a whole delicious salad thrown together in a minute, you are more likely to eat more salad! Just another way to help yourself practice healthy habits. :o)
