Dinner: Chopped Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

This simple salad is colorful and makes a great lunch or side at dinner. The dressing is delicious, and will go great with just about any salad!

This recipe includes fertility superfoods such as:

Romaine Lettuce, Sunflower Seeds, Honey

Health and fertility benefits of Chopped Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

Romaine lettuce contains chromium, which helps maintain normal blood glucose levels by making insulin more efficient. The chromium in romaine lettuce also promotes weight loss due to its ability to help control cravings, reduce hunger, and control fat in the blood. Sunflower seeds are an excellent food for PCOS as they are packed with vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B6 (pyridoxine). Just one cup of sunflower seeds provides 30% of the recommended daily intake for vitamin B6. Sunflower seeds are also loaded with two other important of PCOS busting minerals: zinc and magnesium. One tbsp of honey has a glycemic index (GI) of 55.

Ingredients

Salad
4 cups thinly sliced romaine lettuce
2 carrots, peeled and diced
2 celery stalks, diced
2 plum tomatoes, seeded and diced
½ cup peeled and diced cucumber
1 cup canned black beans

Dressing
2 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
2 teaspoons honey
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ cup olive oil

2 tablespoons toasted pumpkin or sunflower seeds

Instructions

Place the lettuce on a platter. In rows, arrange the carrots, celery, plum tomatoes, cucumber, and black beans. 
Prepare the salad dressing. Whisk together the cider vinegar, lime juice, cilantro, honey, salt, and pepper. Slowly drizzle in the oil, whisking to incorporate. 
Drizzle on the dressing. Top with toasted pumpkin or sunflower seeds. 

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