Calories in a Veggie Salad? I estimate around 70 cals.

  • When I go to Subway, I always get the same salad. Its a veggie only salad that consists of:

    lettuce
    xtra tomatoes
    xtra cucumbers
    green peppers
    onions
    sliced cheese(I know the calories in this)

    Then I get one pack of Fat Free Ranch dressing, and a regular pack of Ranch Dressing. I only use about 1/4 of the full fat ranch dressing, and I use the whole pack of fat free dressing.

    My question is:

    How many calories would the vegetables only part of the salad be? i guess around 70, but Im scared its too low.
    How many calories should I estimate the salad (just veggies, no dressing or cheese) be? Help!
  • I'd eyeball the amounts, then put into a calorie counter (like FitDay) to get an estimate.

    So if you had
    3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce = 23 calories
    half cup tomato = 16 calories
    half cup cucumber = 7 calories
    half cup green pepper = 15 calories
    quarter cup onion = 16 calories

    Total = around 77
  • if you go to the subway website they have the nutritional info for all their meals and individual ingredients so you should be able to calculate it exactly from there.
  • For my salads I have been counting 15 cal for every type of veggie I add.
    So 5 things would equal 75 calories.
  • In truth, unless there's some sort of dressing or dip, I often don't bother counting non-carby vegetables. Unless I'm actually tracking how many servings I'm eating a day; the numbers are negligible.

    I didn't get fat overeating on veg!
  • Quote: In truth, unless there's some sort of dressing or dip, I often don't bother counting non-carby vegetables. Unless I'm actually tracking how many servings I'm eating a day; the numbers are negligible.

    I didn't get fat overeating on veg!
    This is what I do. I count everything (cheese, nuts, meat, dressing, etc...) BUT the vegetables. I feel pretty comfortable with this.