“School lunch salad” makes me feel like I’m back in high school. School lunch gets a bad wrap but my high school always seemed to have good food and I LOVED the salad bar! I would also a grab roll so I could dip the roll in ranch or bleu cheese dressing. Anyone else do that? This salad combo is just tasty with yummy flavors all working together. It’s a good blend of textures and flavors and your salad will be gone before you know it.

I also always grabbed an apple during lunch in high school and if you could catch a picture of me I would probably always be munching on an apple between activities.

High school was good to me, it was a bit of a blur because I stayed really busy. I enjoyed it, had some good friends that made me laugh. I spent a lot of time doing sports, I was a swimmer and every year from September to February I swam all the time. I also did track and field my freshman year then switched that out for theater productions in the spring my sophomore through senior years. I also did choir, art, ceramics and drawing and some dance.

What you need for school lunch salad:

serves 1

1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
1 cup spinach
1/2 cup chopped cucumbers
1/4 cup croutons
1/4 cup frozen peas – rinsed
1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup shredded cheese
1 tablespoon slivered almonds
1/4 cup chopped ham or turkey breast
1/4 cup chopped tomatoes
1 hard boiled egg
Optional:
cottage cheese
pickled beets
sunflower seeds
3 tablespoons ranch or bleu cheese dressing

Instructions

Add everything in a bowl, add dressing. You can mix ahead of time or mix and eat at the same time.

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