Clean Eating Salad Recipe - Pecan and Cranberry Salad

I'm constantly looking for yummy, easy, fast, clean eating recipes to serve for entertaining and taking to holiday weekend events. I definitely am NOT a great cook, but these days you don't have to be! Eating clean can be simple.

This clean eating salad is perfect for Memorial Day weekend…and so easy!

Pick your favorite greens – I like mixed greens because it's more interesting and you get the wide spectrum of health benefits from a variety.
Pick your favorite tomato – Personally, the less chopping I have to do the better, so I tend to go with grape or cherry tomatoes and just throw them in. Sometimes if I'm really fancy, I will cut them in half 😉
Cut up a cucumber and add it to the salad.
Top with dried cranberries – to be Groovy Beets approved, get the kind that doesn't contain sulfites as a preservative. (Sulfites can be a source of headaches, hives, joint pain, asthmatic symptoms, allergic reactions and even heart palpitations.) Better yet, go organic if you can.
Add your favorite nut – If you are trying to keep it clean, choose a nut that doesn't have added glaze. Pecans are my favorite.

With this salad you've accomplished a lot: greens to cleanse your blood, tomatoes for cancer-fighting antioxidants, cranberries for decreased blood pressure and cancer prevention and nuts for anti-inflammatory support. Don't ruin a good thing by drowning it in heavy dressing. A little balsamic goes a long way.

Voila! The perfect holiday summer salad!