The Bestest Salad Meal Ever!

We have always enjoyed fruit and salads combined with cheese and it just seemed natural to convert this into a delicious summer time (or any time) meal! I finally convinced my best friend to try this for dinner instead of starving to lose weight; she was hooked and lost weight!

• Ready In: 10 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) bag mixed baby lettuces and spring greens
• 1⁄2 pint raspberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1⁄2 pint blackberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1⁄2 pint strawberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1⁄2 pint blueberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others)
• 1  carrot, shaved
• 1⁄2 cup  sliced mushrooms
• 1  cup fresh broccoli, chopped
• 1  medium sweet onion, sliced thin
• 2  celery ribs, diced
• 1  pint cherry tomatoes
• 1⁄2 cup  shredded cheddar cheese or 1⁄2 cup  Mexican blend cheese
•  grated parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients from the BASIC SALAD
2. Add your choice of meat or fish and top with dressing.
3. Enjoy a healthy and great tasting meal, you've basically covered the food pyramid!
4. to make this a meal:
5. add 4 oz per plate of some cooked marinated chicken or steak, that you have sliced thin (leftovers work wonders) or my personal favorite shrimp and scallops.
6. top with a vinaigrette (a great choice would be Briannas blush wine vineaigrette).