| It depends. | | | | she piled servings of potato salad, pasta salad, |
| Are you having a salad or a tossed meal? | | | | and cottage cheese. |
| Does the salad dressing you're using have a lot of | | | | I think I remembered all the ingredients. I may |
| calories in it, and are you using so much of it on | | | | have forgotten one two, but I'm pretty close to |
| your salad that you have the caloric equivalent of | | | | having them all. I remembered her salad because |
| a McDonald's burger on your salad in dressing | | | | she talked about her diet a lot during lunch and |
| alone? | | | | was so proud of herself for not ordering the |
| Many people think that if they are having a salad | | | | hamburger she really wanted and instead having |
| for lunch or dinner, or even breakfast, that they | | | | the salad. When I pointed out that the hamburger |
| are having a healthy meal. And yes, a salad can | | | | would have been less calories, she laughed at me. |
| be a very healthy food choice. It can also be just | | | | I think she thought I was joking but I wasn't. |
| as bad of a food choice as a fast food burger | | | | My friend did not have a salad. By the time she |
| and fries depending on what is put on that salad. | | | | finished making her salad it was hard to see the |
| Here's an example of a salad a friend of mine | | | | lettuce. She had a tossed meal. And she had |
| who was dieting recently made for herself when | | | | several high fat items in that salad like the |
| we were having lunch at a restaurant with a salad | | | | processed deli meats, the cheddar cheese, and |
| bar. I watched her make a huge salad and this is | | | | the bacon bits. |
| what it contained: | | | | On the other hand, a salad can be a very healthful |
| Iceberg lettuce | | | | choice. Some good choices are: |
| Shredded carrots | | | | Dark leafy greens although iceberg is okay too |
| Tomatoes | | | | Raw vegetables like tomatoes, broccoli, |
| Cucumbers | | | | mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, green |
| Hard boiled egg | | | | pepper (or any other color pepper), celery, |
| Diced ham | | | | radishes, and onions |
| Diced turkey | | | | A low fat or vinaigrette dressing (raspberry |
| Diced salami | | | | vinaigrette has big flavor without having a lot of |
| Bacon bits | | | | calories) |
| Shredded cheddar cheese | | | | A salad can be whatever you want it to be. But a |
| Shredded Parmesan cheese | | | | salad piled high with high calorie and high fat foods |
| Croutons | | | | in a not the perfect diet food. In fact, what it |
| Sunflower Seeds | | | | might be is the perfect diet wrecking food |
| Regular ranch dressing,lots of it | | | | because it fools people into thinking they are |
| On the side of the salad but on the same plate | | | | eating a low calorie meal when they aren't. |