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Protein greens
Make meaty mixed salads for your next meal
by MARCY GOLDMAN
Everyone wants healthy salads, and social media has no shortage of food influencers literally tossing up chickpeas, tofu, grains and fibre-friendly pulses with the usual salad staples. But what about meat? Many people still want some heftier protein—such as seafood, chicken or beef—to bolster all that light fare.
Of course you can always add a chicken breast to your greens, but here are some fresh ideas for creating a satisfying salad:
- Try Korean ribs over shredded cabbage and Sriracha-spiked cellophane noodles, all topped with kimchee.
- Make a shish taouk salad with Middle Eastern marinated grilled chicken kebabs, couscous, hummus and greens.
- For seafood lovers, grilled salmon, shrimp or crab meat is a natural addition to Caesar salad.
The ways to add muscle-building protein to your salads are limited only by your imagination. For a little more inspiration, try one of the recipes on these two pages.
Marcy Goldman is a Montreal-based chef-host of Betterbaking.com.
COSTCO CONNECTION: Ingredients for salads can be found in Costco warehouses. Groceries are available for delivery through Costco Grocery at Costco.ca.
