Trouble figuring out calories for this salad, need help

MaureenH39

It is Marketside chef salad from Walmart. Everything I find included the dressing, which I did not use. Can anyone help? Thanks! :flowerforyou:

unocentavo

Yeah, alot of times on the salads, you have to add what type lettuce, spinach etc. Then add the extras that were in it individually. After that, especially if you eat that type of salad frequently, you can actually add it to the food data.

isadoc

Hi! Did you look there? http://www.fatsecret.com/Diary.aspx?pa=fjrd&rid=407952

MaureenH39

Thanks to both of you! isadoc I am assuming that is the entire salad? It says 1 salad - large. It says it is 15 ounces on the site, but on the salad it is measure by cups, it says 4.5 servings of 1 cup each. If that IS the entire salad I was over estimating...it is mainly lettuce, carrot, cherry tomato, turkey, little bit of cheese.

iRun4wine

Is there a brand name on the dressing? If, for example, the dressing was Ken's Balsamic Vinaigrette, you could look up the nutrition information for that and just subtract it out. If there is no brand name listed, you could just look up a generic salad dressing that is that flavor and subtract that out.

Hope that helps! :flowerforyou:

MaureenH39

I actually thought of that the last time I had this salad, BUT I could not find the dressing calories anywhere, lol It is also Marketside, buttermilk ranch 3oz. Thanks!

isadoc

Hi!
It seems to be the whole salad, which means it is a great choice without dressing... did you eat it "dry" or did you add some kind of low-cal dressing(just curious!)?

Isa

MaureenH39

Wow, not bad! It is a good sized salad too I didn't use their dressing, opted for my own at home which was Wishbone, light parmesan peppercorn ranch. it is 45 calories for 2 tablesspoons.