Orange Garlic Salad w/ Steak and Croutons // Leftovers & Fruit Salad

Leftovers: Balsamic Chicken & Cheddar Broccoli Quinoa //  Fruit Salad, lunch

I'm posting mine first because it's super boring (but still amazingly delicious) and I don't want to follow the tough act below. =). I set aside some of last night's dinner for lunch today. I ate that with the pictured fruit. It looks like a lot, but I had planned to eat half at lunch, half later. But the raspberries were a little on the wrong side of ripe, so I had to throw those out.

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Taste: 5/5

Comment: Leftovers are the best!

Orange Garlic Salad w/ Steak and Croutons 

There are only two types of salad I like: Caesar salad and dry salad. I've never been a sauce gal, I hate condiments, dressings, and everything of the like. Recently though I've been trying hard to branch out and try new sauces, like the lemon garlic aioli I made with the fish tacos. Well today I made a salad dressing. And not just any dressing, I made a vinaigrette!  (I HATE vinegar with a passion, can't stand the taste). With that in mind, this vinaigrette is lighter on the vinegar so you may need to add more than I did. 

Description: romaine salad with steak bites, croutons, and orange garlic vinaigrette. Recipe: 1/4 cup orange juice (I used fresh squeezed ), 1/4 cup olive oil, 4 tsp white wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp orange zest, 2 tsp dried parsley, 1 tsp garlic powder, pinch of salt and pepper. 

Sarah's Review

Ease: 4/5

Taste: 5/5

I thought the vinaigrette came out fantastic,  it had a light orange taste with a hint of garlic and a nice bite from the vinegar.  And you can never go wrong with steak, mine was a ribeye from my boyfriend's uncle's cattle farm, can't get fresher than that!

Yogurt 2.0

Yogurt 2.0

Lite Vanilla Greek Yogurt, 1 tbsp of Honey, half an orange, 1 kiwi 

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 3/5

Notes: At first I thought my yogurt from the first post needed more fruit, but I wasn't too impressed with this. It tasted good, but it was a little unsatisfying and a little "unfilling". I think I might have put too much honey, it was a little too sweet and next time I am going to use some granola. 

Our Sad Salads

Tossed Salad with Orange Wedges

Incl: Romaine hearts, cucumbers, spinach, carrots, cherry tomatoes. (Left over salad from last night), and half an orange.
I also used Catalina dressing... this is not on my personal allowed list.. but the fact that Wendy's had burgers for 69cents today and I still ate a salad, we're going to just throw this into the win column and move on.

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 2/5

Suggestion:  This was plain, boring, dull, so next time I need to spice it up and include a protein. 

Sarah said she thought I would be hungry again 30min after I ate this.. and she was right.. Whomp whomp...

Tossed Salad with Cheese & Crackers

Incl: Romaine and spinach salad with chia seed, garlic croutons, and 2tsp Caesar dressing.
Cheddar cheese and whole wheat crackers.

Sarah's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 5/5

Suggestion:  Use homemade croutons and homemade dressing next time.

Honey Balsamic Chicken Salad // Fruit Salad

Alana here! Lunch was a struggle, I ended up eating left overs (a semi healthy meal, but still...). I spent so much time trying to plan for breakfasts and dinners, I forgot about lunch! Anyways it'll be better tomorrow!

Honey Balsamic Chicken Salad, Dinner

Half a chicken breast baked with marinade (1/4 tsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tbsp honey, pinch of salt, pinch of pepper, garlic powder... I accidentally threw it in out of habit instead of mincing fresh garlic) on top of a tossed salad. I used romaine hearts, spinach, carrots, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, dusted with 1/4 tsp grated Parmesan cheese.

Alana's Review

Ease: 3.5/5

Yum: 4.5/5

Suggestion: Next time I will set some marinade aside to sprinkle on the salad so it's not too dry.

Fruit Salad, Dessert
Incl: raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi
Side note, the dessert I really wanted as a fudge sundae.. but I resisted, go me!

Alana's Review

Ease: 5/5

Yum: 5/5

Suggestion: None! It was fresh and delicious.