
Creating a Winter Salad often calls for adding more than just lettuce, you need a stick to the ribs item which is Quinoa. Quinoa is known as The Mother Grain. Adding it to a salad gives all the ingredients a Mother, holding them all together. Think of adding nuts for crunch, walnuts, almonds or pistachios depending on your preference. Then add some citrus for sweetness and some roasted veggies, brussels sprouts and butternut squash. Before you know it, you have created a Winter Salad of healthy goodness.