If you follow me on instagram or facebook, you know that part of my New Year/new me initiative is getting back to cooking healthy family meals again. With all the work that Jacinda and I have been doing on our book, I had been letting business take over and letting dinner time slide – we were starting to have one too many pizza nights, if you know what I mean. I think the reality is that you can head to the grocery store or farmers market and leave with a haul of amazing fresh veggies and the best of intentions to prepare delicious, nutritious meals every night – and then life gets in the way, and the veggies spoil, and you are out the cash and ashamed of yourself for letting perfectly good food go to waste. Am I making any sense? If you can relate, please leave me a comment to make me feel less alone.
But guess what? I found a solution to this particular problem! I call it the Pantry Salad. It’s true, you can make a veggie side dish that is delicious, nutritious, and (dare I say?) pretty, using mostly canned and pre-made foods. It all starts with beans – you can get canned beans of pretty much any variety, and work from there. The equation is canned beans + veggies (canned, packed in oil, or fresh), + spice (fresh or dried) + salad dressing. Marzetti® Simply Dressed® refrigerated salad dressings are made with a minimal number of simple ingredients, such as extra virgin olive oil, canola oil (source of Omega-3 ALA) and sea salt. Confused? Let me give you some examples…
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The Last Minute Pantry Salad Trick