Healthy Eating

The secret to this salad is in the dressing. Enjoy. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Dominika Schmid, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. 

Serves 2

Ingredients

• Salad
• 2 c. spring mix
• 1 small can of corn
• 1/2 c. feta cheese
• 1 c. cherry tomatoes
• Additional items...

If you like salmon, you'll love it even more when it's drizzled with avocado cilantro lime dressing. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Joey Cyr, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 

Serves 2

Ingredients

• ½ c. fresh yellow tomatoes, halved
• ½ c. fresh cherry or grape tomatoes...

Your taste buds will welcome this sweet salad topped with fresh strawberries tossed with tangy raspberry vinaigrette. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Lindsay Knight, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 

Serves 2

Ingredients

• 3 c. mixed greens
• 1 c. fresh strawberries, hulled, cleaned and sliced
• 3/4...

Just a few ingredients give your broccoli a flavor lift. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Linda Ciccone, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. 

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 c. fresh broccoli florets
• 1/8 c. red onion, finely diced
• 1 ½ T raisins
• ½ T dry roasted sunflower...

Enjoy this flavorful salad blending the flavors of pineapple, green apple and yellow pepper. This Simply Salad contest winning dish was submitted by Priscila Forteza, UMass Memorial Health - HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital, Clinton, MA. 

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 c. chopped celery
• 2 pineapple slices, chopped (not too small or they fall...

...it's time to get out the plates. Table time yields benefits that go far beyond food. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) says that the more often children eat dinner with their parents, the less likely they are to smoke, drink or use drugs. The center compared...

When you have arthritis, your body is in an inflammatory state, and what you eat may not only increase inflammation, it can also set you up for other chronic diseases such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes. 

Think twice about eating these eight inflammation food triggers:

1. Sugar and aspartame
2. Saturated...