09/08/2026
Trying something new 🥗
Since Craig came home, I’ve been doing a lot of research into healthier, lower-sodium meals that are easy to prepare ahead of time — especially lunches.
One idea I kept coming across was Salad in a Jar, so today I decided to give it a go!
The concept is so simple: layer everything in the right order, with the dressing at the bottom and the fresh leaves at the top, store the jar upright in the fridge, and lunch is ready when you need it. Tip it into a bowl, toss and enjoy. 🥗
Today’s experiment was Greek Lemon Chicken Salad Jars with a lemon & oregano dressing, chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, a few olives, chicken, feta and rocket. 🥒🍅🍋
What I really like is that I can prep a few lunches at once, know exactly what’s going into our food, and still make something that looks and tastes like real food rather than “diet food.”
We’re very much learning as we go, so I thought I’d start sharing the journey — the recipes we try, the ones we love, what works for us... and probably a few that don’t! 😂
First jars done. Now to see if they taste as good as they look! 💚
I’m going to be trying a whole lot more healthy meal-prep ideas over the next few weeks, so follow along if you’d like to see what I make next. 🥗
P.S. Some of the graphics in this post were created with AI to help me show the layering process — but the actual jars and meal prep are very much happening in my kitchen!
