What do you put in your salads to make them not suck?

[Electric Amish]

raisins

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: tboo
Jelly, though some prefer syrup

not talking about pancakes here.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

you really think it's healthy to cover the salad with ranch? like drenched?

i'm so f'n sick of this low carb thing. one of my co-workers always orders a burger or something with cheese as greasy as it can be and takes the buns off and says "oh, low carb, healthy!" just like people who go to hardees and order a sausage egg and cheese biscuit and take the biscuit off and call that healthy.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

sorry I don't believe in this low carb stuff.

fat is fat.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Squisher

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

I wasn't going to respond to this because it really doesn't apply to me, but I just can't help myself.

Your average light vinaigrette runs about 50-70 calories per tablespoon. The heaviest dressings like Blue Cheese go like 120-130/TBSP.

On my full dinner plate salads I'll usually use about a tablespoon, but let's say I really soak this thing down with 3 tablespoons and I go from my vinaigrette to the aforementioned Blue Cheese.

The difference is like 300 calories. Is 300 calories a day the deal breaker between dieting and not dieting?


Now, if your going from one of my lighter salads to one with croûtons, tons of cheese, almonds (or any nut), and a non-lean meat then you could be talking about going from my 600 cal. diet salads to a 2000 cal. monstrosity.

I have a salad somewhere around 4 days out of 5 -- usually for lunch, sometimes for supper as well.

I frequently get a subway club salad: Lettuce, tomato, green pepper, sometimes black olive, w/ the subway club meats. That's in the neighborhood of 200 calories, 8.5g fat, 15 carbs. I always put fat free ranch dressing on it... if I get it from Subway, I use one packet - 60 calories, 0g gat, 14 carbs. If I use dressing from work/home, it's around 100/0/22. So... for that salad in total, it's about 300 calories, 8.5g fat, 37 carbs. I suppose I could be WAY off base, but that doesn't sound bad at all, to me.

If I decide to go to McDonalds, rather than Subway, I get their Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with a grilled chicken breast, and put my own fat free ranch dressing on it. That comes to somewhere around 375 calories, 9g fat, 34 carbs.

And, if I'm really in the mood for a nice big salad for supper, I'll go to Bob Evans and get a Heritage Chef Salad, with the requisite light ranch dressing, and rack up somewhere around 675 calories, 46g fat, 19 carbs. That's obviously not as "good for you" as the other two salads I like, but damn is it good.

The best part about these salads is that they're not small... I'm full after eating them (admittedly not for nearly as long as I would be if I ate 3x that amount, but you've gotta be reasonable).

Oh, and no croutons. I used to love them, but now I just can't stand their crunchiness. I might have some at Bob Evans, because theirs aren't as crunchy as most, but still...

 

[tboo]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: tboo
Jelly, though some prefer syrup

not talking about pancakes here.

Im not

 

[biggestmuff]

meat

 

[Super56K]

My go to salad -

Dole 'classic' salad
a bit of tuna
shredded mozzarella or Parmesan cheese
whatever croutons I have if any

 

[queenrobot]

I say fried chicken. Fried chicken is delicious, even on top of lettuce.

 

[guyver01]

i picked up a huge bottle of Miso Vinaigrette from Costco the other day.. lemme tell ya.. i could drink this stuff without salad... its so awesome

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

sorry I don't believe in this low carb stuff.

fat is fat.

There isn't anything to 'believe' in. Its kind of like the earth being round....either you know it or you don't.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

sorry I don't believe in this low carb stuff.

fat is fat.

There isn't anything to 'believe' in. Its kind of like the earth being round....either you know it or you don't.

I know that eating fat is bad for you.

I don't care to get into this discussion. Nothing I can say will change your opinion and nothing you can say will change my opinion, so let's just leave it at that.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

you really think it's healthy to cover the salad with ranch? like drenched?

i'm so f'n sick of this low carb thing. one of my co-workers always orders a burger or something with cheese as greasy as it can be and takes the buns off and says "oh, low carb, healthy!" just like people who go to hardees and order a sausage egg and cheese biscuit and take the biscuit off and call that healthy.

My mistake...I didn't mean that the guy who put a gallon of dressing on his salad is eating healthy. But I don't care what you're sick of. If the dude is obese, losing the weight however he can (short of starvation) is healthy. You're confusing ignorant co-workers with low-carb in general. Taking the biscuit away from a Bojangles breakfast sandwich does not make it healthy. This is a separate issue though.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Ns1
ranch + salad = not healthy

non fat ranch + salad = not tasty

i love the people on "diets" who order a large salad with a fucking gallon of ranch and are like "i'm watchin my figure lolz"

Well, technically they are if they're doing low carb.

Yeah watching their figure grow

Not really, if they're doing it right.

sorry I don't believe in this low carb stuff.

fat is fat.

There isn't anything to 'believe' in. Its kind of like the earth being round....either you know it or you don't.

I know that eating fat is bad for you.

I don't care to get into this discussion. Nothing I can say will change your opinion and nothing you can say will change my opinion, so let's just leave it at that.

Wait, you know it is scientific fact that we need to consume fat to be optimally healthy, right? :Q

And fair enough.

 

[wiredspider]

feta
+
bacon

 

[Narynan]

I take tomato, cut it into little cubes, and smash it over the top of the salad with my bare hand. I dont like dressing, and this tates quite good.

 

[Mo0o]

I like cobb salad but with ranch dressing

or chop chop salad w/o the beans