I’ve always been rather indifferent to eating salads, since I’ve never really understood them as a meal.  When I want vegetables, I prefer them cooked in butter or animal fat (#southern).  But what I’ve started to realize is that I can really make a salad anything I want it to be.  I decided to put together a “superfood” salad that combined some of the best ingredients for those of us who aren’t usually diet prone.  This included strawberries (major source for antioxidants), avocados (natural appetite suppressant), almonds (fiber & protein), and spinach (Iron and Vitamins C & K), not to mention a dressing that coincides perfectly with the salad’s theme.

Superfood Salad

Ingredients:
10 oz. Spinach
4 oz. Sliced Almonds
1 pint Sliced Strawberries
1 diced Avocado
1 cup Olive Oil
1 Lemon, sliced in half, crosswise
2 Tbsp Oregano

Directions:
1.  In a large bowl, mix spinach, almonds, strawberries, and avocado; toss to mix
2.  In the bowl a juicer, pour the olive oil and oregano; place top of juicer in place and juice both halves of the lemon; stir together
3.  Coat salad in dressing, leaving remaining dressing on the side to be added again later; Serve!