5 best fresh salad ingredients for the summer

From Greek to Cobb to salads with a Mediterranean flare, your summer menu doesn’t need to be boring or high-maintenance. Skip the ho-hum ingredients you usually find in salads, and check out Green Spot’s sumptuous salad offerings that will make your mouth water this summer:

Fresh peaches

We added fresh peaches to our grilled basil chicken and white balsamic-honey vinaigrette salad for a sweet punch to an already flavorful combination. Peaches are packed with Vitamin C, choline, and potassium, a vital nutrient that helps to replenish you after a good sweat on a hot day at the beach or a few extra sets at the gym. 

Mango

As one of the world’s most loved fruits, we couldn’t resist adding mango to our grilled chicken salad to bump up the flavors of cilantro and jalapeno. Mangos are full of fiber that can help promote good gut health, but they are also a sweet way to stay hydrated and cool you down in the summer.

Paired with a protein and lots of greens, they’re a perfect ingredient for a summer salad.

Avocado

There was a time when foods like avocado were a taboo, until the world discovered the importance of healthy fats! We love adding avocado to our customer’s custom salads because they’re full of important nutrients like Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin B6, potassium, magnesium, folate, and fiber, but avocados are also bursting with monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (good fats) that can help to lower your cholesterol, and keep you feeling full longer so you don’t reach for less nutrient-dense foods due to food cravings.

Spinach

There’s a reason Popeye ate cans of it in the cartoons of yesteryear. Spinach is a delicious alternative to iceberg lettuce that’s found in some salads. Iceberg lettuce has a high water content, but it is less nutrient-dense. This delectable leafy green pairs perfectly with strawberries, mangos, and peaches, too.

It’s also full of Vitamin C, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, potassium, folate, fibr, and additional plant compounds which can help supercharge your energy and health.

Kalamata olives

We love olives at Greenspot because they’re one of the longest standing “super foods” of all time. We use kalamata olives in our Greek salad. The oldest olive tree ever found is more than 8,000 years old! Olives provide tangy taste but also solid protection of your heart. According to Web MD, Kalamata olives could potentially reduce heart disease risk. These olives are full of hydroxytyrosol, an antioxidant that protects your cardiovascular system.

How to use these healthy (un-boring) ingredients in your summer menu With so much delicious nutrition offered in salad ingredients, they’re a great way to keep guests happy and healthy at your next catered event. Call Greenspot in your area today to have a custom salad or pre-made salad from our menu delivered to your home, office, or special event.

Or ORDER ONLINE now.   

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Catering Options in San Diego will Change How You Do Food Meet Ups

 

 Take the Stress Out of Casual Gatherings

 

Greenspot isn’t just your typical fresh salad restaurant.  We’re also your goto San Diego-based catering company specializing in whole, healthy foods. We feed Mission Valley, Governor Park, and 4S Ranch with delectable breakfast, lunch, and dinner options. Don’t stress over your next casual poolside gathering, corporate party, or special occasion. When it comes to catering options, we’re reliable, healthy, and easy! We’re making a difference in people’s lives by offering healthy food, conveniently.

 

We Love to Feed You Healthy Foods all Summer Long

 

Let’s face it, bar-b-que and fried foods aren’t an ideal nutritional choice during the summer months when you want to look your best at the pool or the beach. Did you know that more than 334,805,269 Americans in 2022 don’t eat as healthily as they could? It’s kind of crazy when you think of the endless healthy food options out there.

But there’s that one commodity we all seem to need more of —– time!

 

There’s no need to cater food from another restaurant that doesn’t have your best health in mind, even when you’re in a hurry, your schedule is already jam packed, or you have a last minute event.

 

Why not cater our superfood salad with kale, broccoli, quinoa, sweet potatoes, and avocado or a delicious BLT citrus caesar chicken wrap so that you can feel vibrant and energetic all summer long?

 

We cater healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner events with nutrition-filled foods ideal for the summer season. Greenspot catering brings healthy foods to events like these:

 

• Baby showers
• Bachelorette parties
• Wedding showers
• Office get-to-gethers
• Book clubs
• Birthday parties
• Summer meet-ups in the park
• And more!

Avoid Budgeting Overruns, Dietary Dilemmas & Other Catering Headaches

You can order right online and know exactly what your catering charges will be for ANY event.

This means no budgeting surprises, no dietary accommodations that you can’t seem to get right, or non-existent healthy food choices when you try to order from Uber eats at the last minute for your event.

 

Plan ahead, and feed everyone healthy food they love. We cater to vegans, vegetarians, food lovers, foodies, keto-enthusiasts, and people who are dedicated to eating healthy even when they’re celebrating a special occasion. If your family and friends all want to eat healthy but you don’t have the time to cook and clean for them, we’re an ideal choice to make any event special.

 

The Final Verdict for Catering in San Diego

 

Don’t leave food planning for your next casual event to the last minute. Feed everyone healthy, delicious food, and be the host or “hostess with the mostest” at your next event by catering with Greenspot.

 

You can feed your friends, family, and co-workers healthy food, even when you’re stretched for time.

It’s as easy as placing your healthy food order for some of our delectable wraps, salads, bowls, or soups. Or make it interesting and order something for everyone.

We can deliver or you can pick up your order. Click to order for your next event now!

 

Click to order for your next event now

 

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Fresh Salad in Governor Park Greenspot is OPEN

Greenspot Salad Company is open in Governor Park

Well it’s finally here everyone.  We’re open at the Governor Park location. 

Where is that you ask?

take a look! This map is interactive so if you need directions on how to get here, just hit the map.

Hopefully that makes us easy to find for you.

 

 

We are so stoked to be open and serving our incredible community!  This Greenspot location has everything you’ve come to love from the other locations… plus maybe a little more.

We’re exclusively serving breakfast and a full coffee bar at this location. And of course the rest of the Greenspot menu that you know and love can be found here as well!

 

 

 

Take a look at the menu… to the right!

HAHA… can you see it?  If not, maybe try this one…

GPPaperMenu_FEB2022-web

 

 

Now… since we’re open for breakfast at this location our hours are of course a little different than the other 4S Ranch and Mission Valley Fresh Salad Restaurants.  Here our hours are…

7am-8pm M-F

You can also see our hours here…

Greenspot Governor Park Location Hours

 

 

So remember… like our other locations you can order in, order to go, or ask us about catering for you or an event you’re planning.

Come in early, grab your favorite spot on our beautiful patio, connect in to our free and fast WIFI and get to work!

Or if your preference is to avoid the crowds, you can order ahead and take your fresh salad to go.

Have any more questions?  Please ask by clicking below… we’d love to hear from you!

Click Here to ask us a question! We’ll get right back to you.

 

 

 

Finally, if you would like to leave a review for our new location please do so here…

Let us know what you got if the service was excellent and how much you loved your experience!

 

Leave a Google Review for Greenspot Governor Park Location

 

 

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Plan Meals Ahead

4 Ways to Eat Your Greenspot on the Go!

We eat in different places all the time… home, work, restaurants, schools, maybe even in your car or on a plane. For a few of those places, there’s little to no control over what choices of foods are available. Since high-calorie foods are everywhere, it is really important to take the time to plan your meals ahead to make sure you’ve got all your favorite healthy options available. Luckily, at Greenspot Salad Company, we have an easy answer.

 

1. Did you know that you can bring food through TSA?

TSA-approved snacks and meals. Pack up a salad or wrap it and bring it on the plane. Greenspot Salad Company has so many healthy foods on the menu that you can conveniently bring on a plane.  Take for instance the California Turkey Wrap. It’s a super delicious wrap, making it easy and convenient to bring on a plane and enjoy eating healthy food while on your flight.  Don’t settle for just peanuts!

 

 

 

 

2. Swap out your PB&Js and Pack Some Items up for Soccer Practice.

Between picking up kids to and from school, soccer practice and dance practice, playdates and every thing between — Utilize Greenspot as a great, healthier food alternative for those chaotic week days. It’s important, no matter what what age that you to get your protein, healthy carbohydrates, and good fats to make a well-rounded meal or snack.  Swap out your PB&J’s and enjoy Greenspot on the go! Check out these simple options that you can pack for your kiddo or yourself to eat before or after practice/dance class/play date to fuel and recharge throughout the day!

 

 

 

 

 

3. Busy Work Week?

Eating healthy is often incredibly tricky when you are a busy professional or even if you’re working from home! Whether you are at your office working all day, working from home or running from location to location, it can be darn hard to find a minute to scarf down some good-for-you-food. It’s easy to turn to a fast food drive thru or grab a quick bite at the nearby burger joint -but with Greenspot, your eating habits don’t need to take a hit simply because of your work schedule. Plan ahead with your Greenspot order! Buy a bowl and then an extra wrap to have on hand… lunch ready for your workweek! Our Greenspot Menu has a healthy variety of food, which will leave you feeling full, guilt free and satisfied!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Didn’t Make it to the Grocery Store this Week?

We get it… everyone’s busy for all kinds of reasons.  And sometimes let’s just admit it… it’s easy to let the week get ahead of you and your grocery shopping gets left behind.

So… Try not to get caught in that busy trap where there’s no time to prep ahead and cook your food. But… if you do get caught… make sure to remember Greenspot is here to help!  Order online or deliver via greenspotsalad.com and have your food delivered to you! Get all the food you need for the next few days. Greenspot 4S Ranch and Mission Valley are open until 8 pm M-F.

 

Plan your meals ahead with Greenspot

 

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Meal Planning Tips

 

Here’s an idea…

you can integrate Greenspot into your Family meal planning! Are you all set to save some time, feed your household much healthier meals and conserve some cash along the way? Here are just a few of the benefits of and best meal planning tips we’ve put together for you. Let’s take a look at them in a little bit more detail.

Meal Planning is a Huge Money Saver

It’s pretty standard… By preparing more meals in the house you will keep more dollars in your pocket. You will save on your monthly grocery bill, since you will be making a list of whatever you need for the week and won’t wind up buying extras that simply go to waste.

Have you ever thrown away food because you simply hadn’t planned ahead? And… when you compare our prices on healthy food to other restaurants you’ll find you’re really conserving cash to consume much healthier.

Eat Healthier

Planning your family meals will minimize your journeys to those unhealthy fast food restaurants and alternatively hopefully increase them to your favorite Healthy fast food restaurant.  Food you prepare at home and the food we supply you from our fresh salad kitchen here at GreenSpot tends to be much healthier than hamburgers with fries, fried chicken or pizza. When you plan your meals include some lean protein like chicken breast, and vegetables. Your whole household will benefit from the much healthier meals.  Try adding some grilled steak to this tasty Ensanada salad at our 4S ranch location!

Conserve Time

How much time are you spending now going to the grocery store a few times a week.

A lot of people run to grocery shop a minimum of 3 times a week to buy stuff to make for dinner. Planning your meals out for a week at a time and after that creating a grocery list with everything you need to prepare those meals will cut your journeys to the store down to hopefully one a week. This alone will save you a couple of hours every week. Plus you won’t end up standing in front of your fridge trying to come up with something you can wip up with what you have on hand.

Also….

When you get one or more of those meals from us can you imagine all that EXTRA time you’ll get back!?!

Check out this rainbow tofu bowl of temptation for Tuesdays meal prep planning!

 

Less Stress

You know the routine. It’s 6 pm, everybody in the house is starving and you have no idea what’s for supper. Trying to create something to cook from what you have in the kitchen while your kids are tired, starving and shouting isn’t one of the most enjoyable family activities. You will be a lot more relaxed about dinner, when you know exactly what you are going to prepare and know you have everything you need

ahead of time .

And/Or… you know ahead of time that it’s –

Wrap It Up Wednesday

and what you truly want is this killer BLT chicken ceasar we can make for you!

Quality Time Together

Finally, Meal Planning encourages everyone to collect around the dinner table every day. Yours or ours. Who could resist the tasty smells coming out of the kitchen? Dinnertime has always been a great time for families to gather and share news and experiences of the day. Parents and kids can pay each other undistracted attention.

Cook some dinner, set the table and well… do not forget to turn off the screens. Make supper a daily household custom again.

With dine in choices becoming available once again we ‘d like to see you and your family enjoying yourselves at one of our fine establishments.

Give meal planning a shot. You and your family will see the advantages within less than a week.

Remember… if you Don’t have the time or patience to plan your family meals?

Let us do it for you!

Make Greenspot a part of your future meal planning.

 

Meal Planning Tips

 

 

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Top 5 Heart Healthy Salad Ingredients

 

February is the month we all associate with the heart. With Valentines coming up, hearts are EVERYWHERE! So here at Greenspot we thought we ‘d offer you our top 5 salad ingredients to keep your heart healthy. These standard ingredients provide you a simple, scrumptious method to get your four servings of vegetables daily.

One of the Greenspot Salad fan favorite’s is the classic Cobb. with all the fresh ingredients you’ll get a salad loaded with crispy romaine, hard boiled egg, bacon, carrot and avocado, plus you’ll get all the top quality ingredients to make your salad healthy and filling.

Yup, it’s that simple. Here’s some tips for developing limitless salad combinations with ingredients that are delicious and heart healthy– with each component chock filled with the healthy nutrients noted in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

 

The Fundamentals of Producing a Super-Healthy Salad:

We start with locally sourced, seasonal produce and after that add protein and a healthy dressing and you’re good to go.

Consume a big salad every day to enhance your metabolic health, energy and overall wellness!

1. Greenspot Greens
The darker or redder, the better– so think romaine and leaf lettuces like butter lettuce (vitamin C, folic acid, potassium). Leafy greens — Jazz things up with spring mix, baby spinach and kale (beta-carotene, anti-oxidants).

Greenspot suggestion: Load up on our spring mix, spinach or kale as your salad or bowl base to enjoy all the added benefits of those leafy greens! 

2. Create Some Color
(a beautiful salad is a tasty salad!)… Tomatoes (fiber, vitamins A, C and K, potassium, manganese). Red, orange, yellow or green peppers (vitamins C, B1, B2 and B6, folate).

Red onion (fiber, phytochemicals). Pomegranate seeds (vitamins A, C and E, fiber, potassium, calcium, anti-oxidants). Avocado slices (over 20 minerals and vitamins, heart-healthy fat). Red, purple or yellow beets (folate).

Greenspot tip: Add as many vegetables onto your Greenspot Salad or Bowl  — it’s only .50 cents extra after your first 6 salad bar ingredients!

 

 

3. Go Crunchy … Pea pods (vitamins A and C, iron), Cucumber (vitamin C). Purple cabbage (vitamins A and C, iron). Broccoli florets (vitamin C). Alfalfa sprouts (anti-oxidants).

4. Punch Up the Protein
Black beans, garbanzo beans or lentils (fiber). Chicken or lean beef. Salmon or water-packed tuna (omega-3 fats). Hard-boiled eggs. Low-fat feta cheese, blue cheese, goat cheese, parmesan or mozzarella (calcium, vitamin D). Tofu (heart-healthy fat, potassium).

Greenspot pointer: Full-fat cheeses are high in saturated fat. Trying combining small amounts of your favorite cheese with other proteins.

5. Dressing it up light
Lime juice (vitamin C, potassium) Lemon juice (vitamin C, folate). Red red wine or balsamic vinegar. Olive oil (heart-healthy fat).

Greenspot suggestion: Use more vinegar and citrus, and less oil. Still in the mood to indulge in our creamier dressings? Always ask for your dressing on the side! 

If you’re not eating salad really often, try starting possibly with one or two salads a week. Not vibing with all the lettuce and veggies?  Ease into healthier eating with one of our hearty Greenspot grain bowls like our Harvest Chicken Bowl!

After you wrap salads into your diet regularly you’ll be amazed at how you’ll start to feel great about what you’re eating– and how creative you can get. Then, slowly build up to one each day, plus full-meal salads once or twice a week.

You’ll quickly have more energy and feel better than ever.

 

 

Greenspot Salad Company

 

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Top 5 Heart Healthy Salad Ingredient Categories

 

February is the month we all associate with the heart. With Valentines coming up, hearts are EVERYWHERE! So here at Greenspot we thought we ‘d offer you our top 5 salad ingredients to keep your heart healthy. These standard ingredients provide you a simple, scrumptious method to get your four servings of vegetables daily. Put together a nice, huge salad.

One of the Greenspot Salad fan favorite’s is the classic Cobb. with all the fresh ingredients you’ll get a salad loaded with crispy romaine, hard boiled egg, bacon, carrot and avocado, plus you’ll get all the top quality ingredients to make your salad healthy and filling.

Yup, it’s that simple. Here’s some tips for developing limitless salad combinations with ingredients that are delicious and heart healthy– with each component chock filled with the healthy nutrients noted in the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.

 

The Fundamentals of Producing a Super-Healthy Salad:

We start with locally sourced, seasonal produce and after that add protein and a healthy dressing and you’re good to go.

Consume a big salad every day to enhance your metabolic health, energy and overall wellness!

1. Greenspot Greens
The darker or redder, the better– so think romaine and leaf lettuces like butter lettuce (vitamin C, folic acid, potassium). Leafy greens — Jazz things up with spring mix, baby spinach and kale (beta-carotene, anti-oxidants).

Greenspot suggestion: Load up on our spring mix, spinach or kale as your salad or bowl base to enjoy all the added benefits of those leafy greens! 

2. Create Some Color
(a beautiful salad is a tasty salad!)… Tomatoes (fiber, vitamins A, C and K, potassium, manganese). Red, orange, yellow or green peppers (vitamins C, B1, B2 and B6, folate).

Red onion (fiber, phytochemicals). Pomegranate seeds (vitamins A, C and E, fiber, potassium, calcium, anti-oxidants). Avocado slices (over 20 minerals and vitamins, heart-healthy fat). Red, purple or yellow beets (folate).

Greenspot tip: Add as many vegetables onto your Greenspot Salad or Bowl  — it’s only .50 cents extra after your first 6 salad bar ingredients!

 

 

3. Go Crunchy … Pea pods (vitamins A and C, iron), Cucumber (vitamin C). Purple cabbage (vitamins A and C, iron). Broccoli florets (vitamin C). Alfalfa sprouts (anti-oxidants).

4. Punch Up the Protein
Black beans, garbanzo beans or lentils (fiber). Chicken or lean beef. Salmon or water-packed tuna (omega-3 fats). Hard-boiled eggs. Low-fat feta cheese, blue cheese, goat cheese, parmesan or mozzarella (calcium, vitamin D). Tofu (heart-healthy fat, potassium).

Greenspot pointer: Full-fat cheeses are high in saturated fat. Trying combining small amounts of your favorite cheese with other proteins.

5. Dressing it up light
Lime juice (vitamin C, potassium) Lemon juice (vitamin C, folate). Red red wine or balsamic vinegar. Olive oil (heart-healthy fat).

Greenspot suggestion: Use more vinegar and citrus, and less oil. Still in the mood to indulge in our creamier dressings? Always ask for your dressing on the side! 

If you’re not eating salad really often, try starting possibly with one or two salads a week. Not vibing with all the lettuce and veggies?  Ease into healthier eating with one of our hearty Greenspot grain bowls like our Harvest Chicken Bowl!

After you wrap salads into your diet regularly you’ll be amazed at how you’ll start to feel great about what you’re eating– and how creative you can get. Then, slowly build up to one each day, plus full-meal salads once or twice a week.

You’ll quickly have more energy and feel better than ever.

 

 

Greenspot Salad Company

 

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