The 5-Day Salad Challenge

After yesterday's abominable food decisions, I've decided to be a little more proactive and make sure I have ready-made meals for the week. The artery-clogging takeaway from yesterday has left me craving my greens so I'm posing a challenge to myself - to create different types of salads for at least 5 meals this week. That means any type of salad - cold, warm, asian, fruit, in a roll, on toast - anything goes.

Salad Challenge Day 1: 

Chilli Tuna Salad Wraps

Ingredients:

- 1 can of shredded tuna

- 1 medium carrot, grated

- 1 handful of lettuce leaves, shredded

- 1/4 avocado, chopped

- 1 heaped tsp low fat mayo

- 2 heaped tsp fat free plain yogurt
- 1 tsp lemon juice

- 1 chilli, finely chopped

- 1 whole grain wrap

Method:

Combine all your ingredients in a bowl. Place the mixture in the centre of the wrap, fold over, and cut in half. Tip: I only put the filling in my wrap at lunch time to prevent the whole thing from getting soggy.

Poor Life Choices

Sometimes you just have a bad day and make poor life choices. For instance, when you eat two helpings of the devil's nectar (otherwise known as dessert) after a rather large pasta lunch. On Monday you decide enough is enough, you just HAVE to have a salad for lunch. Silly you, you don't plan in advance so you have to buy lunch. By 12 you are so hungry you see food every time you close your eyes. The salad idea goes out the window and you opt for Chinese food to warm that vast empty pit (sometimes goes by the technical term 'stomach'). Alas, the restaurant is closed on Mondays. Instead of getting the hint the universe is giving you, you proceed to the crappy Chinese restaurant down the road, forgetting that their food is oily and has a bit of a weird flavour. Finally, you get back to the office... sit down with your crappy, greasy chow mein... and wish that you had ordered the salad.