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    May 18, 2016

    How To Get Your Afternoon Back & Salad For Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ElevateSuperFoods #CollectiveBias

    Let's talk about How To Get Your Afternoon Back & how my family loves salad for dinner - try having Salad for Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's. I saved time that I would have spent preparing dinner and instead spent the afternoon having fun with my family :D  Check out the Snapchat story clip of my husband Eric on a unicycle below to see what we did with our extra free time!

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    Let's talk about How To Get Your Afternoon Back & how my family loves salad for dinner - try having Salad for Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's. I saved time that I would have spent preparing dinner and instead spent the afternoon having fun with my family :D Check out the Snapchat story clip of my husband Eric on a unicycle below to see what we did with our extra free time! #ElevateSuperFoods#CollectiveBias #ad
    Salad For Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's

    Salad For Dinner

    If you follow my Instagram feed, you will know that it is common practice in my family to have salad for dinner. Our salads usually consist of a healthy variety of greens, various vegetables and sometimes a protein (usually chicken or fish) on top.



     

    Ingredients - Let's talk about How To Get Your Afternoon Back & how my family loves salad for dinner - try having Salad for Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's. I saved time that I would have spent preparing dinner and instead spent the afternoon having fun with my family :D Check out the Snapchat story clip of my husband Eric on a unicycle below to see what we did with our extra free time! #ElevateSuperFoods#CollectiveBias #ad

    When I do not know what to make and have run out of ideas, I make salad for dinner. When I want to eat clean, I make salad for dinner. When we eat too much around the holidays and need to detox, we make salad for dinner. When in doubt - it is always, salad for dinner!

    Organic Southwest Salad - Let's talk about How To Get Your Afternoon Back & how my family loves salad for dinner - try having Salad for Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's. I saved time that I would have spent preparing dinner and instead spent the afternoon having fun with my family :D Check out the Snapchat story clip of my husband Eric on a unicycle below to see what we did with our extra free time! #ElevateSuperFoods#CollectiveBias #ad
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    Organic Sunny Caesar - Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's

    I usually do my grocery shopping for the whole week, early in the week on Sunday or Monday. I went to my local Wegman's and picked up Organic Sunny Caesar and Organic Southwest Salad Ready Pac elevĀte Salads. I make most of our meals from scratch but I do like to have some items on hand for when I get behind, or if I am tired or have a lack of time. I plan on sharing a typical grocery haul post soon so keep a eye out for that!

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    About Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's

    • The ingredients in Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's are vegan, non-GMO Project verified (something that I have mentioned many times on this blog before!), Certified gluten free and USDA organic.
    • Their superfood line of 8 salad recipes feature ingredients like ancient grains, plant-based proteins, nutrient-dense greens, nuts, legumes, and seeds that are rich in omega 3 and 6 fatty acids and full of naturally occurring vitamins and antioxidants.
    • They are Non-GMO Project Verified, Organic or Gluten Free and they never use antibiotics in their chicken. To me, these salads are a win on so many levels!
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    Ready Pac elevAte Salads are available in the produce section at Wegman's grocery store

    Ready Pac elevĀte Salads Have Clean Ingredients

    I love all the clean and healthy ingredients in the Ready Pac elevĀte Salads, they are:

    • Anti-oxidant rich
    • High in omegas
    • Includes Plant-based proteins
    • 5 of the 8 are USDA Organico
    • 7 of the 8 are Gluten-Free
    • 3 include Antiobiotic-free chicken
    • 3 are vegetarian
    • 1 is 100% vegan
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    Ready Pac elevĀte Salads Align with my #RecyclingGoals

    The packaging is fully recyclable packaging, are printed with Soy-based inks and are FSC Certified material. After we were done with dinner, I just gave the packaging a rinse and put it in my recycling bins. No dirty dishes to deal with and it was easy as pie!

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    Ready Pac elevAte Salads have sustainable packaging

    How I Got My Afternoon Back & You Can Too!

    I was so tired after a blogging conference I went to this past Saturday (stay tuned for a whole post about that). Early in the week, on Monday, I did my grocery shopping as usual and picked up the Organic Sunny Caesar and Organic Southwest Ready Pac elevĀte salads.

    Monday afternoon, I just wanted to enjoy some time with my family since I was gone all of Saturday. I normally start cooking around the time Eric gets home from work in the afternoon. Now that we have more daylight, I have been pining to get outside more with him and my daughter and enjoy the days.

    A Gorgeous Afternoon - How To Get Your Afternoon Back & Salad For Dinner with Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's 680x907
    I got to enjoy this view that I would have otherwise missed if I had been cooking dinner.

    The weather is really getting gorgeous here in New Jersey, although still a little cool, it's a nice preview of the Summer to come. In the picture below, Eric goes up and down our driveway - on a unicycle - much to the delight and entertainment of my daughter 🙂

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    I was able to spend quality time with my husband and my daughter on a gorgeous afternoon.

    Eric has many talents and it very athletic. Check out this video of him on a unicycle from my Snapchat (follow @lifeslilsweets).

    Eric enjoyed the Organic Sunny Caesar Salad and I had the Organic Southwest Salad, they were so good! I can also see these as perfect salads to bring to work.

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    Enjoying my Organic Southwest Salad

    I was able to spend quality time with my family, enjoy the gorgeous weather and get outside of the kitchen!

    Thank you for reading and special thanks for Ready Pac elevĀte Salads at Wegman's for sponsoring this post!

    Do you ever have a salad for dinner? If so, what kind(s) of salads do you like to make? Please let me know in the comments below!

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    1. Linda Lara says

      May 18, 2016 at 4:43 pm

      This is wonderful, Sara! And it has made me very hungry for one of these salads! I love the photos of Eric and Margo on the driveway...

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      • Sara says

        May 18, 2016 at 7:19 pm

        Thank you so much Linda, I am glad you like it, we had a lovely afternoon that day!

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    2. J Trogstad says

      June 05, 2016 at 10:32 pm

      Yum! This salad and fixings looks and sounds amazing for dinner! Yummo!

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