Salad Club + Homemade noodle soup

On my salad: spinach, romaine, swiss chard, blueberries, almonds, toasted flax seeds, carrots, cucumber, dried cranberries, a few dried banana chips, garbanzo beans, a touch of feta cheese….All I can say is YUM!

And the best part is, there is enough to do it all again tomorrow!

Did I tell you what my favorite salad dressings are right now? The Kraft Light series. Only 25 -40 calories per 2 tablespoons (depending on which flavor)! And sometimes at my local grocery store it’s 2 for $4.00!

Have you tried that kind of salad dressing before??

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Do you ever buy those noodle soup bowls from Trader Joe’s?? They look like this:

I love them, but was wondering, why am I buying them, when I can make it myself??
You need: Chicken stock (I buy the powdered kind so you just need to add water + a few teaspoons of the chicken stock) whatever frozen veggies you want, angel hair pasta and maybe a splash of your favorite stir fry sauce (mine is House of Tsang brand Thai Peanut) and if you have a few Trader Joe’s frozen potstickers, you can throw a few of those in too!

It’s so much cheaper to make, plus I keep the ingredients at my office for a quick and easy lunch!

I’ll add 2 cups hot water, 2 tsp. of the chicken stock and frozen veggies AND the angel hair pasta and cook for about 5 minutes in the microwave or until the pasta is tender and then add the stir fry sauce and voila! A great and healthy soup in a snap!

If you’ve only bought chicken stock already in a can or carton, this is what I am talking about:

Each container has about 200 servings vs. just buying the cans of already made chicken broth that you can use only once!

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And lastly, I just wanted to give a shout out to Brittany! She is approaching a 40 pound weight loss and she looks great! Check out her site to see her progress! You are doing great Brittany!