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Salads To Go
Salads To Go7 Delicious Salad Recipes Made For On The Go ConvenienceIf you are like me, you probably have a busy lifestyle to keep up with which makes eating healthy pretty difficult. We all know that a good hearty salad is good for you. However, due to everyones busy demanding schedules, finding the time to prepare a good salad isn't always possible.Yes, you can get salad in many fast food restaurants; unfortunately, most fast food salads are either not fresh, contains processed fillers, or their dressing contains more calories than their burgers. What most people don't know is that many fast food restaurants actually spray their salads with a substance made of propylene glycol to make their lettuce and other vegetables appear fresh, when they could actually be up to 3 days old! So all these reasons really defeat the purpose of trying to eat healthy.Lucky for you, I am about to reveal an ingenious way to prepare a tasty, mouth watering and healthy salad in a mason jar that can last for up to 7 days - without the unwanted chemical spray.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 26, 2013
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January 27, 2016
I love salads. I love salad variety. I love bringing salads to work. I love eating salads at work. So I love the concept behind this book.
Seriously though, it's not long, it's more like a sample, but I have never heard of this layering technique and it's just awesome. I love the recipes too, as they're so varied and use common enough ingredients but the flavor would be great. Each layer recipe includes the ingredients for the dressing that accompanies it. Yum. As another reviewer mentioned, not sure how some of the meats would hold up for hours on end, but I think fine. Depends on how you store your lunch - something insulated to hold it would keep it fresh longer. A lot of people bring their lunch and put it in the work fridge. Leaving meat on it for a few hours in the open wouldn't bother me, but it would have been a good mention.
The Honey Balsamic Salad sounds especially delicious with the chopped steak, garlic, and avocado...some mixes you wouldn't think would go together ordinarily; but I do have to wonder what Orange Pepper is?
Really these all look yummy.
Seriously though, it's not long, it's more like a sample, but I have never heard of this layering technique and it's just awesome. I love the recipes too, as they're so varied and use common enough ingredients but the flavor would be great. Each layer recipe includes the ingredients for the dressing that accompanies it. Yum. As another reviewer mentioned, not sure how some of the meats would hold up for hours on end, but I think fine. Depends on how you store your lunch - something insulated to hold it would keep it fresh longer. A lot of people bring their lunch and put it in the work fridge. Leaving meat on it for a few hours in the open wouldn't bother me, but it would have been a good mention.
The Honey Balsamic Salad sounds especially delicious with the chopped steak, garlic, and avocado...some mixes you wouldn't think would go together ordinarily; but I do have to wonder what Orange Pepper is?
Really these all look yummy.
October 20, 2024
Short and sweet (or savory :) )
I love salads, and I eat them every day. Although I was familiar with the layering technique, there are a few more tips that can be quite useful. Also, now I have a few more recipes to experiment with. (win-win)
If you want to take lunch to work but don't know what to make or it seems too much trouble, this booklet will give you some ideas.
I love salads, and I eat them every day. Although I was familiar with the layering technique, there are a few more tips that can be quite useful. Also, now I have a few more recipes to experiment with. (win-win)
If you want to take lunch to work but don't know what to make or it seems too much trouble, this booklet will give you some ideas.
December 26, 2013
Healthy Eats
I enjoyed the recipes in here .
Thank you for sharing
Enjoy and good eats
God Bless
Thank you
Tammy
I enjoyed the recipes in here .
Thank you for sharing
Enjoy and good eats
God Bless
Thank you
Tammy
February 21, 2015
Healthy, practical, environmentally friendly (the mason jars can be cleaned in the dishwasher) ... what's not to like?
I really appreciated the idea of bypassing restaurants, which obviously have to treat their salads somehow to hinder that the salad wilts or goes bad. I also liked the author's layering concept, as well as the photos/graphics how the individual layers are prepared.
However, I am having issues with the fact that according to the author meat (e.g. pepperoni, cooked ham, chicken etc should be combined with the salad. What about if people have a one hour commute (which is not extraordinary in certain parts of the country) and may work for 5 hrs before they have the opportunity to eat their lunch? That would mean that the meat and the salad are together in the jar for at least 5 hrs? Is that ok? I don't know but I would liked to hear an answer to that question.
That being said, I would be fine with transporting them in two different glass jars.
The book could also be a bit longer, but it is a very interesting, healthy, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solution.
Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger
I really appreciated the idea of bypassing restaurants, which obviously have to treat their salads somehow to hinder that the salad wilts or goes bad. I also liked the author's layering concept, as well as the photos/graphics how the individual layers are prepared.
However, I am having issues with the fact that according to the author meat (e.g. pepperoni, cooked ham, chicken etc should be combined with the salad. What about if people have a one hour commute (which is not extraordinary in certain parts of the country) and may work for 5 hrs before they have the opportunity to eat their lunch? That would mean that the meat and the salad are together in the jar for at least 5 hrs? Is that ok? I don't know but I would liked to hear an answer to that question.
That being said, I would be fine with transporting them in two different glass jars.
The book could also be a bit longer, but it is a very interesting, healthy, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly solution.
Gisela Hausmann, author & blogger
March 2, 2014
There are a few things that drew me to this book, one being that it was a free download and two, the book over caught my eye. Well I am pretty glad I downloaded this book. It is a short booklet with some good perpetration procedures regarding salads. I like the idea of storing the salads in a jar and the neat trick of using a paper tow at top to help gather the excess moisture. Also I actually learned something - the veggies you buy at fast food places are not fresh. They are sprayed with a chemical to make them look fresh.
The reason for the 3 star rating is that there were no nutrition count of calories, carbs, etc... for any/each salad presented. This book has the potential to be a keeper on the shelf if more info was added and more recipes.
The reason for the 3 star rating is that there were no nutrition count of calories, carbs, etc... for any/each salad presented. This book has the potential to be a keeper on the shelf if more info was added and more recipes.
November 15, 2019
Helpful
Very helpful to keep salad fresh, good idea.
But what is with a towel over the glass? To keep it fresh for a couple of day's, I don't want to cut towels to pieces to put them in the glass, sure I understand that it will remove the moisture, but what's with the fabric if it is coming lose.
Very helpful to keep salad fresh, good idea.
But what is with a towel over the glass? To keep it fresh for a couple of day's, I don't want to cut towels to pieces to put them in the glass, sure I understand that it will remove the moisture, but what's with the fabric if it is coming lose.
December 20, 2017
Not one of my favorites - I expected much more. Out of the seven recipes three are variations of those already introduced.
The genaral idea is very interesting (the only reason this book got more than one 1*) but it's not very well edited (some typos & the spacing between sentences is varying but appears to be mostly more than one space - not really grave but distracting for me) and one or two parts announced in the introduction didn't appear at all.
The genaral idea is very interesting (the only reason this book got more than one 1*) but it's not very well edited (some typos & the spacing between sentences is varying but appears to be mostly more than one space - not really grave but distracting for me) and one or two parts announced in the introduction didn't appear at all.
September 27, 2018
I have been trying to adapt to a healthier lifestyle, and as a result I have stumbled across several different recipes for Mason jar salads. This book was a great find because it shows pictures of how the salads should properly be layered, which makes a huge difference (for instance, the dressing should always go on the bottom so the other ingredients don't get all soggy). I like how it's on my Kindle so I can just pull it up whenever I'm at the grocery store.
December 12, 2021
Olden days methods - we've forgotten
Here are several Olden days methods - we've forgotten to use to prep & store fresh foods for a longer time.
These days manufacturers are killing the food
nutrients and therefore starving you or causing a type of deficiency in your diet.
This book uses simple and effective salad prep storage for 5 work days maybe beyond to eat healthily.
Here are several Olden days methods - we've forgotten to use to prep & store fresh foods for a longer time.
These days manufacturers are killing the food
nutrients and therefore starving you or causing a type of deficiency in your diet.
This book uses simple and effective salad prep storage for 5 work days maybe beyond to eat healthily.
August 4, 2017
Great lunch box ideas
What a neat way to have salads at lunch at work or school without paying more than they're worth. If you're worried about transporting glass bottles you can always put these in plastic ones or use those plastic zipper bags (the dressing would be mixed in on the way to work or school) and include a paper plate or bowl.
What a neat way to have salads at lunch at work or school without paying more than they're worth. If you're worried about transporting glass bottles you can always put these in plastic ones or use those plastic zipper bags (the dressing would be mixed in on the way to work or school) and include a paper plate or bowl.
October 11, 2023
Sounds healthy, but short
This book, really is more like a pamphlet, is only 21 pages long, but is full of recipes for 8 different salads. All using mason jars, which I hadn't thought about.
These definitely sound like a good way to set up salad and store in the fridge for a few days, as well as a grab and go kind of thing. Definitely going to try some of these.
This book, really is more like a pamphlet, is only 21 pages long, but is full of recipes for 8 different salads. All using mason jars, which I hadn't thought about.
These definitely sound like a good way to set up salad and store in the fridge for a few days, as well as a grab and go kind of thing. Definitely going to try some of these.
January 22, 2019
So good! Love the tips at the very beginning. The recipes are very easy to make vegan (which I appreciate). The only thing I could think of to make it better is to add pictures for Paper Towel trick.
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June 27, 2017
Very good.
September 4, 2017
Simple straight to the point
A very quick rate. With very good recipes on how to make salads to go. It is a must read and I must try for the recipes
A very quick rate. With very good recipes on how to make salads to go. It is a must read and I must try for the recipes
September 6, 2017
useful tips for veggie lovers
November 28, 2017
Interesting and helpful but short
Would love to have about 20-25 more recipes to try but a fun way to eat more greens for working people.
Would love to have about 20-25 more recipes to try but a fun way to eat more greens for working people.
January 19, 2018
It easy to understand instructions, creative use for mason jars
March 13, 2018
Good
Good recipes but why am I forced to give a comment. Very annoying. Don’t appreciate this goodreads. Please remove this mandatory option
Good recipes but why am I forced to give a comment. Very annoying. Don’t appreciate this goodreads. Please remove this mandatory option
April 23, 2018
Quick read
This book had some nice Homemade salad recipes and good ideas for vegetable combinations to compose salads. I think I will try most of them.
This book had some nice Homemade salad recipes and good ideas for vegetable combinations to compose salads. I think I will try most of them.
November 12, 2018
Good beginning book
Great start up book. Wish there were more recipes for salads. This is why I only gave it 3 stars.
Great start up book. Wish there were more recipes for salads. This is why I only gave it 3 stars.
May 16, 2019
Salads look really good and hearty will definitely be giving them a try when am at work easy instructions to make them as well
July 10, 2019
I am going to buy this book. I looks so perfect. I love salads. Thanks for this book. Thank you.
August 14, 2019
Looking forward to trying new things I wouldn't have normally tried.
June 29, 2021
Great ideas!
I loved the ideas and recipes of the homemade dressings. I liked how they tell you how to properly layer your salads. I’m looking forward to trying them all.
I loved the ideas and recipes of the homemade dressings. I liked how they tell you how to properly layer your salads. I’m looking forward to trying them all.
February 22, 2022
Quickie!
Super short book with quick recipes to do in a mason jar. Includes helpful visuals. I love that it includes the dressings to go with each salad.
Super short book with quick recipes to do in a mason jar. Includes helpful visuals. I love that it includes the dressings to go with each salad.
April 16, 2022
Salad in a jar
Just shows how to use a jar to take a salad with you. Seems like a lot of work with the various storage options today. Some good salad and dressing recipes though.
Just shows how to use a jar to take a salad with you. Seems like a lot of work with the various storage options today. Some good salad and dressing recipes though.
April 23, 2024
It's a salad!
The recipes look good and the instruction for layering makes sense. The free book offer at the end is an invalid link so don't waste your time.
The recipes look good and the instruction for layering makes sense. The free book offer at the end is an invalid link so don't waste your time.
January 1, 2025
this was an ok read. the recipes were basic ones and none them jumped out at me to make straight away but a good starting point for beginners to this way on packing on the go meals
September 25, 2016
AWESOME IDEA! We've been making these for about a month now for my husband and daughter! They LOVE them! We bought 24 oz Styrofoam cups and lids because glass jars and high school don't mix! They fit in my daughters backpack water bottle holder just perfectly and she is eating a healthy delicious lunch that she helps prepare! GREAT tastes, easy ingredients and preparation, awesome idea!
August 3, 2016
The book cover is appealing for people/salad lovers looking to prepare, eat or store fresh veggies in a different way.
I love a good salad. I could have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I like the combination of flavors from the fresh veggies, so delicious.. I like that the salads in this book are kept in Mason jars for added freshness and convenience, just make them, and shake them (dressing is at the bottom) when you are ready to eat them. Smart, easy, affordable, I love it.... I'm a southern girl, and Mason jars bring fond memories of my grandma and the South. She used to make her own jams, jellies, preserves, and store them in Mason jars. She had lots of them.
I always thought that was a smart way to reduce food waste. I haven't tried this method yet, but I will soon. I will be shopping for more Mason jars.
One of my favorite parts of the book are the photos of the salads, and the fact that there are recipes for homemade salad dressings. That's much healthier than buying dressing from the store. Oh, I also like the tips on keeping the salads fresher for a longer time. I think now, I will stop ordering salads from fast food restaurants, they're not as healthy as you think they are (the book explains why). 'Salads To Go' is a good and helpful, short read.
I love a good salad. I could have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. I like the combination of flavors from the fresh veggies, so delicious.. I like that the salads in this book are kept in Mason jars for added freshness and convenience, just make them, and shake them (dressing is at the bottom) when you are ready to eat them. Smart, easy, affordable, I love it.... I'm a southern girl, and Mason jars bring fond memories of my grandma and the South. She used to make her own jams, jellies, preserves, and store them in Mason jars. She had lots of them.
I always thought that was a smart way to reduce food waste. I haven't tried this method yet, but I will soon. I will be shopping for more Mason jars.
One of my favorite parts of the book are the photos of the salads, and the fact that there are recipes for homemade salad dressings. That's much healthier than buying dressing from the store. Oh, I also like the tips on keeping the salads fresher for a longer time. I think now, I will stop ordering salads from fast food restaurants, they're not as healthy as you think they are (the book explains why). 'Salads To Go' is a good and helpful, short read.
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