Last month, the East Hanover man visited ShopRite in Livingston to purchase some items from the salad bar. He filled one large plastic container and one smaller one, then he went to the cashier.

Her salad bar started in her refrigerator produce drawer with ingredients sectioned out into individual containers. “My whole purpose is to help other people realize ... their potential,” says ...

Related: These Glass Food Storage Containers That ‘Keep Food Fresher ... As for which ingredients her family loves the most in the salad bar, the Alabama mom says, “boiled eggs ALWAYS go ...

Keep Ingredients Separate: Store components in individual containers until you are ready to assemble the salad bar salad.

The recommended amount of protein is 50 grams. At Whole Foods, which charges $7.99 a pound for food at its salad bars, containers come in two sizes that can accommodate generous portions: The smaller ...

Melanie Cade stocks her impressive at-home salad bar once or twice a week in efforts to get her kids to eat their fruits and vegetables Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.