I have been meaning to blog, but somehow typing takes me ages and coming home after 8pm, I have been pretty lazy. I have been making notes of my meals and will post them this weekend.
Today on my way home from work, I was craving pizza. I got home and looked into my fridge to figure out, what I could eat with the pizza to get some of my needed nutrients.
Pizza, once in a while I feel is fine, it’s high in saturated fat due to the cheese, but the tomato sauce has the antioxidant lycopene, which is great for your eyesight. The thin crust is healthier than the thick crust due to the refined flour.
I had a bag of Trader Jo cruciferous crunch collection in my fridge, I added almonds and cranberries and decided to make a dressing, so I experimented with Greek yogurt and I came up with a pretty delicious creamy dressing. The ingredients are all from the Mediterranean diet.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Fage 2% Greek yogurt
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- Sea salt and freshly cracked black
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Salt and fresh black pepper
Method
Blend all ingredients till creamy and smooth, if too tart add a little more honey. Mix the dressing with the salad and store the rest. This dressing can be used as a vegetable dip too. The Greek yogurt is high in protein and calcium and the 2 percent fat in the yogurt add a creaminess. 
My meal of pizza and salad was filling and satisfying.