Lunch Break Salad of the Week: Scenes From an Italian Salad

This is my second salad of the week on the blog and it was one that is different than my normal taste palette, but I loved it just the same. For a long time I took lunch meat sandwiches to school/work and this was a way to do this in a healthier manner. I just feel with eating a salad for lunch that I get much more bang for my caloric bump than when I eat a regular sandwich. This salad was set to imitate an Italian sandwich with salami, pepperoni, and provolone (I also usually add black olives, but didn't have any this week). It was awesome and made me excited to eat it everyday. The only negative that I have for it was that the lunch meats and cheese really added the points for lunch. However, this salad is almost worth every point. There's got to be worse things that we can eat, right?

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Scenes From an Italian Salad

Weight Watcher Points: 15 points

Servings: 5

2 bags Hearts of Romaine Lettuce

1 carton of cherry tomatoes

8 oz. Provolone slices

8 oz. Pepperoni

10 oz. Genoa Salami

1/2 can black olives (optional)

2 tbs. Kraft Fat Free Zesty Italian Dressing (per serving)

Slice the tomatoes and place in a small Tupperware in the vegetable drawer. Cut the meats and cheese and place in another Tupperware with the olives. When you are ready to assemble the salad, place the lettuce in first. Then add the meats, cheese, and olives. Finally, add the tomatoes. Top with the Zesty Italian dressing when you're ready to eat!

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I hope for those of us back to work today everyone has a great day and I will be back tonight with another awesome recipe that we tried last night and have leftovers for today. Stay stuntin'!

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