Daily Food Photography - Roast Chicken & Spinach Salad

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Winter is the best time of the year, gorgeous warm sunny days and chilly nights. Note I said chilly not ice-cold!  Well, that's what it's like here in our sub-tropical climate on the East Coast of Africa in Durban, South Africa.  As for the rest of our country, winters are bitterly cold with temperatures dropping below zero; I really don't think I would thrive nor survive there and neither would my little veggie and herb garden! Salads for lunch still features regularly on our menu especially as we have some healthy salad greens growing in the garden. *A pretty curly Lettuce and a shy Parsley peeping out at the back.*

*Dainty English Spinach thriving here in Africa, perfect for my lunchtime salad:)*

Pop Eye the pipe smoking Sailor Man would eat Spinach at any sign of trouble; his biceps would immediately bulge and he'd win the fight! Of course Moms all over the world used to do their best to get their children to eat Spinach; using Popeye as an example as to what this veggie could do for them! Pop Eye was not far from wrong, Spinach has many health benefits: Spinach is packed with nutritional value, helps with restoring energy by improving the quality of blood as it is rich in Iron. It also is high in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B2, vitamin K and Folate as well as a good source of Manganese and Magnesium. Vitamin K is very important for maintaining bone health. [*Source*](https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/ingredient-focus-spinach) One can have it raw or steam it without losing much of the nutritional value, I'm using it in its raw form today. Simple ingredients were used for my Roast Chicken & Spinach Salad -  * Young Spinach leaves *broken up* * Cilantro * Cucumber *sliced thinly* * Strawberry *sliced* * Leftover Roast Chicken *sliced thinly*  * A squeeze of fresh Lemon Juice plus Salt & Black Pepper

*Crisp and fresh Roast Chicken & Spinach Salad - perfect for Tuesday lunch.*

I hope you enjoyed reading about my Tuesday lunch and that you will try adding Spinach to your menu, it's so easy to grow and you don't need a lot of space, if your climate allows of course! A big thank you to @jznsamuel for his #dailyfoodphotography. Check out his [POST]( https://whaleshares.io/@jznsamuel/dailyfoodphotography-announcing-a-delicious-contest-with-tasty-whaletoken-prizes) and show us your food right here on Whaleshares. *** This contest is currently endorsed and sponsored by:

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