Create or discover 20 new veggie/salad recipes. (15/20)

Lyn Lindbergh - COUCH to ACTIVE
May 13, 2020
3 min read

Updated: Dec 2, 2021

I want to smile when I'm eating vegetables. I want to authentically smile, none of this pretending to like it crap that so many of us do to trick ourselves into believing that kale goes down just as beautifully as a banana split. Vote for me and I will make vegetables great again. Bad pun, not sorry.

I must give credit for most of these fabulous recipes to Stephanie Dalton of Chia and Chocolate. I joined her two-week transformation and the support she gave me reached far beyond the two weeks I spent working with her. www.chiaandchocolate.com

My rules for this goal.

I'm going to add 22 recipes to my personal recipe collection that are primarily vegetables. These recipes can be hot, cold, vegetarian, vegan, or include meat. The only rule is that I have to actually catch myself saying yum when I eat eat.

Below is the progress as it comes.

1 - Braised Greens

In the picture below I added caramelized onions simply because they were left over from another recipe. It was a tasty addition.

2 - Coconut Green Beans

Cooking with coconut oil is the key ingredient to this recipe. There’s something about the combination of flavors that’s magical!

3 - Sweet Green Morning Smoothie

I normally don’t like kale in my smoothies, but this combination is great.

(image coming)

4 - Slushie, Sweet Energy-Salad-Smoothie

Lettuce in a smoothie for breakfast sounds disgusting. This one is surprisingly smooth and yummy.

(image coming)

5 - Mint Chocolate Chip Smoothie

Chocolate makes me feel a little like it’s cheating, but this one’s full of greens and I love it.

6 - Seared Ahi with Avocado Wasabi Vinaigrette and Peach Salsa.

The recipe is long but oh my this meal is amazing! It made the list because it’s packed full of vegetables and it’s light and tastes like you would have ordered it in a gourmet farm to table restaurant. Oh my yummy!

(image coming)

7 - Baby Spinach Salad with White Beans, Beets, and Apples

You don’t have to like beans beets or apples to like this salad. The dressing recipe is used in another salad below, so make a double batch!

(image coming)

8 - The Alkaline Body Smoothie

Yummy! The only reason I crossed out the celery and cucumber water was because I didn’t have it at the time. To make this one go from good to great add a little bit of vanilla stevia.

9 - Red Cabbage and Apple Salad

This surprisingly fantastic combination requires two recipes. One for the salad and the second for the dressing. Pro tip: double the salad dressing and you’ll have the leftover dressing to use on another salad another day .

10 - Fresh Spinach in Hot Broth

In the winter, I get tired of cold salads. I learned I could take any kind of hot broth and drop a huge pile of baby spinach into it to make a very tasty hot salad. In the picture below I added a little ground turkey meat. Bean sprouts and soy sauce also help me smile.