Jar Salads
Jar Salads are individual and you are limited only by your imagination. I like to try and make a beautiful coloured salad including herbs from the garden, brightly coloured hummus and as many nuts and seeds as I can jam into the jar. But if you need a guide try this…
Jar Salad Recipe
Layer in this order:
- Dressing
- Chopped capsicum or corn
- Finely chopped cabbage-use a variety of colors
- A small grated or spiralised carrot or zucchini
- Cooked rice or quinoa
- Roasted vegetables
- Beans or lentils or shredded chicken
- A small handful of mixed leaves
- A T of herbs such as basil, mint and parsley
- 1 T of nuts and seeds, roasted if desired
- Hummus or hard boiled eggs to top
Overnight Chia puddings
- 3/4 cup of rolled oats
- 1/4 cup of chia seeds
- 2 tsp of vanilla
- 2 T of maple syrup
- 400mls of milk of choice
- 1/2 a cup of fruit
Place all the ingredients in a NutriBullet and blend until smooth. You can also just stir the first 5 ingredients then add the chopped fruit. Leave in the fridge for a few hours or overnight and then spoon into a separate bowl and garnish to serve.
I love an extra blob of yoghurt, fruit, and nuts with a small drizzle of honey or granola. I always use Nadia Lim’s raspberry chia jam in my puddings for that little bit of delight. If I have the jam made up for the week then I omit the maple syrup in the pudding as the jam makes it sweet enough, and sometimes I will omit it anyway and pour it on the top. This amount should do 3 serves.
I often will make these into little jars ready to grab and go or a big jar and decant each day, it depends on my week.
Good eating beauties!
Fran Hancock is an Integrative Nutrition Coach and Registered Nurse from the beautiful Manawatu, New Zealand. Her passion in life apart from her 5 kids and husband is to help women find themselves again with nutrition and lifestyle tips. She runs Blissfull Nutrition NZ which offers online group coaching and personal one-on-one support. She loves doing everything with passion and fun and loves dark chocolate and Brussel sprouts! Find her on her website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
