Weight Loss/Maintenance

Ever since I've discovered the jar method for salads, I've been making them ahead. You just take a quart-sized mason jar and put your dressing of choice on the bottom--I used lemon and olive oil yesterday. Then you add protein--tuna, garbanzo beans, hard-boiled egg, whatever--and your sturdier vegetables such as carrots and radishes. Top off the jar with lettuce--the goal is to keep the lettuce out of the dressing--and refrigerate. To serve, just upend the jar.

Makes great salads. I'm still experimenting with how far ahead I can make them.