For Christmas Eve dinner on my side of the family (where we made bets on who could lose the weight first) we ate a salad that was full of my favorite things. I went home and created my own version:

I call it “Cranberry Walnut Feta Green Salad with Avocados and Tomatoes.” I couldn’t decide which ingredients should go in the title – it was like picking favorites – so I just put them all in.

As an added bonus, if you can remember the name, you have the recipe memorized!

I started with some mixed chopped greens and added:

coarsely chopped walnuts
dried cranberries
avocado chunks (slightly firm)
sliced grape tomatoes (I like the small tomatoes because they leave less juice everywhere)

Then I crumbled a block of feta cheese over the salad and tossed it.

The salad dressing was another favorite of mine: Whisk raspberry balsamic together with olive oil and pepper and drizzle over the salad. Yum!

This salad is very tasty – so much that I stuffed myself. I’m well on my way to better self-control and winning the weight-loss race.