My "backup" salad meal prep strategy

My manifesto for making a salad and keeping it in your fridge all week

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Kristina Todini, RDN
November 07, 2024

Here’s one of my meal prep secret weapons: back up salads, or salads you make once and keep on hand for easy lunches or as a backup meal when life gets in the way (because you know it inevitably will).

The key to a good backup salad is that the ingredients are sturdy and hold up well in the refrigerator days after making, and today’s new recipe surely meets this criteria. I hope you give it a try!

🥗 + 👩‍🍳,

Kristina
secret salad maker

10 backup “refrigerator salad” recipes 🥗

Backup greens with protein and potatoes

This a roasted veggie salad that’s perfect for fall

Backup food scrap salad

Don’t toss these veggie ends, use them this sturdy salad

Backup crunchy munch salad

I can’t get enough of this crunchy textured salad

Backup roasted beans and veg salad

With a Mediterranean-inspired spice

Backup “try this NOW” salad

Seriously, I’m not going to stop bothering you until you try it

Backup grains and bean salad

A bit of fiber, a bit of protein

Backup Ceasar with a grain

Get a boost of nutrients by adding this grain to your Caesars

Backup hearty fall salad

This is everything that’s great about autumn, in a bowl

Backup cold noodle salad

Is it a salad? Is it noodles? It’s both!

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A salad is not a meal; it’s a style.

Fran Lebowitz

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