Article - Five Rules To Make The Best Low-Calorie Salads
Good article at msnbc.com about how deceptive salads can be when it comes to calories and five ways to keep them healthy: 5 rules to make the best low-calorie salads
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Great article. Here in the UK there was a lot of publicity about a pizza chain here that had salads that had more calories than a big mac.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1392619,00.html My dh always thinks that salads are the healthiest option whether they're covered in blue cheese dressing with half a side of bacon on them :rolleyes: |
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Salads can be evil and deceitful. Yep. In some cases you're better off eating a burger and fries. Cobbs and Chefs are REALLY bad. Bacon, cheese, whole egg, all the little things that add up the fat and cholesterol. Not to mention sodium. If I get a take-home salad, I always modify them a bit by using my own dressing and taking off fattening items and adding my own healthy ones. If I must absolutely use restaurant salad dressing, I always ask for light. I never go fat-free. The little bit of fat in the dressing, so they say, is what helps your body absorb the nutrients from the vegetables. That and I can't stand fat-free salad dressing, lol. |
Thanks for the article Meg.
I keep a bottle of my favorite ff dressing (Lighthouse Sesame Ginger) at work as well as at home, plus a tablespoon to measure it with! Then when I get a salad at the grocery store I'm not tempted to use their dressing (plus, one of the grocerie's charges for dressing!) I don't like bacon much, and avoid the cheese, so I'm able to keep my salads in the clean eating range! I often grill an extra chicken breast or two for cutting up in salads, or I add beans or egg for protein. I am guilty of adding avocado if I find a good one. :) When I go out to lunch with my GFs on Friddays, I often order what's called an oriental chicken salad (we only have 3 places to choose from, so I know what I'll have before I get there :lol: ). I leave off the chow mein noodles, and get the dressing on the side. I use just a little plus vinegar. Except that it's nearly all iceberg lettuce, it's a decent choice. Lots of other veggies - chopped green onions, cauliflower, broccoli, tomato, carrots - and of course grilled chicken. |
I've got a nice salad for myself for lunch today. Topped the lettuce with chopped tomatoes, cucumber slices, a sprinkling of parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup of garbanzo beans, onion, carrot, sliced sweet potato sticks (I buy bags of sweet potato sticks from the produce section of Wal-Mart) and a 4oz. grilled chicken breast.
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