That's Fit blogger Kristen Seymour and I were chatting at lunch yesterday, comparing notes on our salads. Hers won by a landslide, both for creativity and nutrition: strawberries, mushrooms, dried cranberries, roasted almonds, avocado, and mango poppyseed dressing, all on a heaping serving of romaine hearts.

It put my boring but still yummy avocado and tuna on romaine to shame.

Salads are my go-to lunch these days, especially since I'm trying to trim the fat before spring officially hits. Done right, salads are a low-cal, low-fat lunch that can be super-stuffed with nutrition and fiber. But eating a salad every day can get boring, so it's smart to be creative and change things up.



Sweeten that salad (and kill sugar cravings) with fruit like grapes, raisins, or apples, or try one of these healthy salad additions. Leftovers make great toppers for a bed of lettuce, too. And Jacki's got a spinach and salmon salad that's to die for. Just make sure that before you sit down with your bowl and fork, you haven't committed one of these salad slip-ups.

I'm looking to be a little more creative with my salad tomorrow, maybe try Kristen's fiesta version with greens, black beans, tomatoes, red peppers, corn, guacamole, and salsa, topped with a little cheese and a few crumbled tortilla chips ... but I'd love to hear what's on your salad. Go ahead, inspire us all!