Susie T. of Fast Days Healing Days brings us a super-simple, green salad to enjoy on Fast Days. Filled with chew factor, this easy and flavorful side salad takes the bite out of Fast Day (FD) hunger.
Yes, this seems like I’m teaching you how to boil water, but sometimes Occam’s razor is the key to success. Often, we’re plagued with hunger and a need to chew—especially when first beginning an intermittent fasting lifestyle. On those Fast Days, you can literally carve out 45 calories to enjoy any time you get hungry. It’s super-easy to come up with a 200-250 or even 300 calorie Fast Day (FD) dinner, that leaves room for up to 3 of these chew-heavy, salads if desired!
While FDHD’s agrees that the it appears, the longer you can rest your body with a complete absence of calories during a FD, the better the healing power realized, we also think that it’s important to keep deprivation at bay. All the research on humans use a 500/600 calorie model and much of that research was done allowing the calories to be used freely within that fasting timeframe.
So, if you “have a need to feed.” Remember this super, simple spring salad and know you can trick it out any way you like as long as you add any extra calories to the total.
Simple Spring Greens Salad
Notes
Yes, it’s a quick and delicious side salad that can be tricked out any way you like. The best part is that even with our garlic-y, homemade, Dijon Vinaigrette, it comes in under 50 calories, making it a perfect means of adding bulk to a Fast Day (FD), or non-fast meal. Lot’s of chew factor, making this Simple Spring Green Salad a great BFYCB (Bang-For-Your-Calorie-Buck).
Serving Ideas Serve with your favorite Fast Day (FD) entrée, protein or soup!
Nutritional Information
Per Serving: 45 Calories; 1g Fat (20.1% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 3g Net Carbohydrate
Ingredients
- 2 cups spring mix
- 1 cup romaine hearts, chopped or torn
- 1/2 ounce grape tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons Fast Day Dijon Vinaigrette
Instructions
- Toss all ingredients together with dressing and serve.
Nutrition Facts
Simple Spring Greens Salad
Serves: 1 Salad
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Amount Per Serving: 1 Serving
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| Calories | 45 | |
| % Daily Value* | ||
| Total Fat | 0 | |
| Saturated Fat | 0 | |
| Trans Fat | ||
| Cholesterol | 0 | |
| Sodium | 0 | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 0 | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 | |
| Sugars | ||
| Protein | ||
| Vitamin A | Vitamin C | |
| Calcium | Iron | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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