Thursday's Quick & Easy Salad Bowl

This evening I was busy working on a number of different projects, so I didn't have too much time to spend on dinner. I was in the mood for a good, but quick main dish salad. I had chicken in the fridge that I could have grilled, but instead decided to have hubby pick up a rotisserie chicken on his way home. I had him pick up a plain one (no seasoning) and I cut up the chicken breast meat and used that to put on top of our salads. I cut up a couple heads of artisan romaine lettuce that I get at Costco -- I like it so much better than using regular romaine. I thinly sliced a carrot, shredded some red cabbage, halved some cherry tomatoes and topped it with toasted salted sunflower seeds that served as our "croutons". It was quick, simple and delicious, too. It's easy to eat wheat free, even when you don't have a lot of time to prepare a meal. I can think of at least a million ways to eat well without it...and I plan to work my way through them...one wheat free meal at a time!  ;-)   I snapped a few photos of my easy peasy dinner salad bowl below. Enjoy!

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