If you don’t choose the right set of ingredients, your health-rich lunch can lead you straight into a trap of salad fatigue. And that’s exactly why you’ll never find Jennifer Garner munching on a basic bowl of spinach and dressing—tasty as that combo may be. Instead, the healthy actress recently revealed a go-to salad formula that always leaves her with an incredibly satisfying bowl of greens.

“Salad used to mean limp carrot shavings and too-cold tomatoes. Now, salads are a celebration of what’s seasonal and handy.” —Jennifer Garner

In a recent Instagram post, Garner says leafy-green bowls used to mean “limp carrot shavings and too-cold tomatoes,” but her mind-set has totally changed since her sad-salad days. “Now, salads are a celebration of what’s seasonal and handy,” she writes. To make sure she winds up with a mouth-watering mix every time, she chooses ingredients from a wide range of categories: greens (duh), veggies—”you don’t need croutons if you have something crunchy in there”—grains/protein, fats, and a splash of dressing. While she loves cutting up an avocado and adding the beloved green cubes into the mix, well…PSA, Jen: You’re just asking to give herself avo hand with that cutting form!

Ready to put together a Jennifer Garner–worthy salad? Here’s her handy formula.

Garner picks a variety of what’s in her go-to list below, then she chops it up so “you aren’t battling a dinner plate-sized hunk of lettuce every other bite.” Ready to dig in?

A blend of greens:

• Kale
• Arugula
• Sweet mix
• Swiss chard

Veggies:

• Green beans
• Broccoli
• Peppers
• Shaved Brussels sprouts
• Roasted sweet potatoes/butternut squash

Fats:

• Cheese
• Nuts
• Avocado

Grains/protein:

• A big scoop of warm brown rice
• Chicken
• Whatever else sounds good

Dressing of your choice:

• Straight olive oil
• Red wine/balsamic vinegar

This workout got Jennifer Garner in badass, butt-kicking shape for her new movie. Or, get her go-to recipe for pizza night at her house.