11 Stark County spots, and four salads, to kick start a healthy year

Kelsey Davis, The Repository
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Big Ass Salads' menu offers 14 salads, plus a build-your-own salad option.
Big Ass Salads' menu offers 14 salads, plus a build-your-own salad option.

Whether you’ve set resolutions to become your healthiest version this year, or you're just tired of eating heavy, unhealthy foods that are abundant during the holidays, the start of a new year is the perfect time to establish healthy habits.

Making healthier choices doesn’t mean you have to prepare boring meals at home. Stark County, while overflowing with fast food joints and sit-down restaurants offering larger-than-healthy portion sizes, there are still plenty of healthy restaurants − and options − for someone wanting to eat a cleaner diet.

From grab-and-go joints to sit-down spots, here are 11 restaurants in Stark County offering a healthier menu.

BAM! Healthy Cuisine’s menu includes salads, grilled sandwiches, wraps, bowls, a variety of specialty pizzas, smoothshakes made with fruit, energy snacks, plus a kids’ menu. Contact: 2185 E. Maple St., North Canton; 7160 Fulton Drive NW, Jackson Twp.; bamhealthycuisine.com

At PangeaKeto, guests can pick dine in, carryout or grocery shopping. The menu offers all keto diet-friendly options, including burgers, specialty sandwiches, gluten-free pizza, pepperoni rolls, wings, build-your-own quesadilla, bowls, zasta, salads, wraps and sides. Contact: 4891 Portage St. NW, Jackson Twp.; pangeaketo.com

Big Ass Salads has more than just a slew of salads. The menu also includes soups, pitazzas (pita bread pizza), sides and desserts. Contact: 4030 Lincoln Way E, Perry Twp.; reallybigsalads.com

Cyrus Ausar, owner of Greatness Cafe, pours a cold pressed orange juice at the cafe in the Massillon Museum.
Cyrus Ausar, owner of Greatness Cafe, pours a cold pressed orange juice at the cafe in the Massillon Museum.

Tucked inside the lobby at the Massillon Museum, Greatness Cafe offers uplifting messages with its food. The menu includes paninis, wraps, smoothies, salads, soups, acai cups, hot and cold beverages, and grab-and-go food. Contact: 121 Lincoln Way E, Massillon; greatnesscafe.square.site

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Deli Ohio's menu includes healthy options, such as salads and a few healthier sandwiches.
Deli Ohio's menu includes healthy options, such as salads and a few healthier sandwiches.

Deli Ohio is known for its sandwiches, but the menu also includes salads, soups and sides, and combos, plus breakfast and a kids’ menu. Contact: 328 Walnut Ave. NE, Canton; deliohio.com

The Strawberry Thriller wrap has fresh strawberries, feta cheese, grilled chicken, field greens, glazed walnuts and basil vinaigrette.
The Strawberry Thriller wrap has fresh strawberries, feta cheese, grilled chicken, field greens, glazed walnuts and basil vinaigrette.

Thatsa Wrapp Shack offers several salads, specialty and signature wraps, chips and sides, plus a kids’ menu. Contact: 7944 Cleveland Ave. NW, Plain Twp.; thatsawrapp.net

The dough at SOL Pie Pizza is made with all-natural, unbleached, unbromated flour and extra virgin olive oil.
The dough at SOL Pie Pizza is made with all-natural, unbleached, unbromated flour and extra virgin olive oil.

At SOL Pie Pizza, they’re all about being sustainable, organic and local. The menu offers a variety of healthier pizzas, appetizers, salads, bowls, a sub, strombolis and dessert. Contact: 3159 Whitewood St. NW, Plain Twp.; solpiepizza.com

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Diaita Cold-Pressed Juice now offers food. The juice shop’s menu includes cold-pressed juice, smoothies, smoothie bowls, raw snacks and vegan food. Contact: 4919 Whipple Ave. NW, Jackson Twp.; diaitajuice.com

The menu at Pulp Juice & Smoothie Bar includes smoothies, wraps, salads, bowls and juices. Contact: 4205 Tuscarawas St. W, Canton; 6702 Strip Ave. NW, Jackson Twp.; 6408 Market Ave. N, North Canton; 17 Tommy Henrich Dr. NW, Massillon; pulpjuiceandsmoothie.com

Clean Eatz offers plenty of healthy menu items, including wraps.
Clean Eatz offers plenty of healthy menu items, including wraps.

Clean Eatz’s dine-in cafe menu includes burgers, wraps, flatbreads, meltz, build-your-own bowls, smoothies and sides. Contact: 5111 Tuscarawas St. W, Perry Twp.; cleaneatz.com

Aladdin’s Eatery offers gluten-free and nut-free menu items, as well as vegan and vegetarian options. The Lebanese menu includes appetizers, pita pitzas, rolled pitas, specialty plates, salads, soups, smoothies, raw juice and other drinks, plus a kids’ menu. Contact: 6698 Strip Ave. NW, Jackson Twp.; aladdins.com

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Stark County restaurants offering delicious salads

Not everybody wants to dine at a healthy restaurant, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your healthy healthy habits. These restaurants offer delicious salads, along with a regular menu, to keep the whole group happy.

Gervasi Vineyard restaurants including The Bistro, The Crush House and The Twisted Olive have several salad options, all of which are tasty and filling. My recommendation: The strawberry salad at The Crush House, which has mixed greens, dried cherries, spiced pecans, goat cheese and white balsamic dressing.

Bella Sera’s house salad blew me away, so much so that I still think of it often. The restaurant also offers a grilled chicken salad. My recommendation: house salad, which is topped with mozzarella, pepperoni slices and house sweet Italian.

Table Six Kitchen + Bar has a nice selection of salads, including a house salad, cobb and wedge, among a few others. My recommendation: strawberry burrata salad, which has mixed greens, fresh berries, toasted pecans, basil and balsamic drizzle.

Grinder’s menu offers 11 different salads, including a cobb salad, Asian and Key West varieties, as well as a popcorn chicken salad, among other salads. My recommendation: Strawberry walnut salad, which has fresh strawberries, garlic chicken, Craisins, housemade cinnamon walnuts and croutons, goat cheese and cucumbers.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: The best Stark County healthy restaurants and places to get a salad