9 Healthy Salads that Make It Easy to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution
Salad doesn’t have to be boring. These nine restaurants each offer a salad that has lots of flavour and pizzazz.
The tabbouleh salad at Aida’s is healthy, flavourful goodness at its best.
Salads can be a sad substitute for stick-to-your-ribs entrees. Unfortunately, too often those entrees also stick to your butt and thighs. If you’re trying to eat lighter in 2015, here are nine salad choices that will leave you feeling satisfied and virtuous.
Aida’s
Tabbouleh, parsley and bulgar in a lemon dressing; hearty goodness on a plate.
2208 4 St. S.W., 403-541-1189, aidasbistro.ca
Anju
Salmon and spicy tuna salad with masago, daikon, greens, gochujang vinaigrette and sushi rice.
344 17 Ave. S.W., 403-460-3341, anju.ca
Broxburn Vegetables
House salad; field to table in about 10 metres, as fresh as fresh gets.
512 Range Rd. 21-0, Lethbridge, 403-327-0909, broxburn-vegetables.com
Cleaver
Kale, candied walnuts, blue cheese, Parmesan, turmeric croutons and raspberry vinaigrette.
102, 524 17 Ave. S.W., 403-452-1211, cleavercalgary.com
Market
Heirloom carrot salad with Pernod, whipped ricotta, nut soil and lemon-thyme vinaigrette.
718 17 Ave. S.W., 403-474-4414, marketcalgary.ca
Moxie’s
Kale and quinoa salad with poached chicken breast, toasted sunflower seeds, dried currants and Grana Padano.
Various locations, moxies.ca
Rouge
Cider-compressed apple, celery and walnuts, Tiger Blue cheese and buttermilk vinaigrette.
1240 8 Ave. S.E., 403-531-2767, rougecalgary.com
Siraia
Club Cobb salad with avocado, boiled egg and a pile of fresh vegetables.
Spruce Meadows Way S.E., 403-201-5505, sirocco.ca
Thai Onzon
Mango salad that is well worth the drive to Cochrane.
115 5 Ave., Cochrane, 403-981-1499, thai-onzonveggie.com