garbage bowl of vegetables

{photo credit: me}

i was recently reading a health and food blog that used the phrase "garbage bowl of vegetables" and for whatever reason it stuck with me. i mean, who says that? health nuts, that's who. i'll take one garbage bowl of vegetables, please. tempeh fries on the side. 

i'm no health nut. i definitely eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies and all that, but my cravings are a little more near the top of the food pyramid if you know what i mean. i'll take one garbage bowl of brownies with brownies on the side, extra hot fudge, make it snappy. 

i don't know why, but the mental picture made me go crazy hungry for the kind of salad that consists of every kind of vegetable you can fit into a bowl and still have room for feta on top. 

so i went shopping in the produce department.

{photo credit: me} 

ingredients:

carrots

celery

green pepper

chick peas

black olives

edamame

cucumber

feta
sugar snap peas

baked chicken breast

dressing of your choice (i use light italian)

preparation:

wash things. chop things. throw em in a bowl. sprinkle with feta. add some dressing. yumyumyum.

{photo credit: me}

the beautiful thing about this salad is that you can add whatever vegetables you want and leave out the ones you don't have a taste for. beets would be a good addition, and they would add a really pretty color. radishes and tomatoes, too. i use green peppers because they're generally cheaper than red, orange, and yellow, but, if you have an extra $2 to spare, spring for the sweet, colorful ones. 

{photo credit: me}

this salad is kind of a new obsession. i'm weird. you can say it. it would be one of the nicer words people have used to describe me.