crunchiness for salad????

kdaughertyfp

Water chestnuts

mikeyrs

Walnuts, Almonds, and Pistachio nuts as well as ground flaxseed go into my salads, not just for crunchiness, but to manage total cholesterol too. Add fresh Dandelion leaves to your salads if you want to ensure sodium balance and manage water retention; it's tasty too.

shanniepk

Toasted whole grain pita bread or tortillas, with a little salt. Low cal and a good substitute for croutons or anything processed or fried. Also, chopped carrot chips, almonds, celery, cauliflower. But what I really love is to put a hearty garden salad inside a Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran and Whole Wheat pita with a small amount of dressing. It's so satisfying and one pita is only 60 calories, loaded with protien and fiber.

GrendlStig

Crispy nori (seaweed) strips - available at any asian market. I buy them spaghetti-thin and they are crunchy like chow mein noodles. If you like sushi, then you'll like the taste. Great with a sesame ginger dressing. Nori by itself is an awesome (nearly zero) calorie snack, too.

Wilmingtonbelle

I love salad crunchies, here are a few of my favorites:

Sliced roast almonds are 40-50 cals/T
Crumble 1/2 Aldi 90 calorie granola bar 45 cal
Broccoli slaw 1/4 c 6 calories!
Fiber One Bran Flakes 1/2 c 30 cals (great on yogurt too!)
Pita chips (2 trader joes whole wheat mini pitas split, baked, quartered) 60 cals
Trader Joes Fire Roasted Corn 1/3 c 55 calories
Diced water chestnuts 1/4c 30 calories
Diced granny smith apple and diced pear 1/2 c total 65 calories
Yam Noodles, pan fried with light soy 1 package 50 calories

Slainte!:drinker:

meeper123

Crispy nori (seaweed) strips - available at any asian market. I buy them spaghetti-thin and they are crunchy like chow mein noodles. If you like sushi, then you'll like the taste. Great with a sesame ginger dressing. Nori by itself is an awesome (nearly zero) calorie snack, too.

I like it

Armyantzzz

sunflower seeds...pumpkin seeds....pear, celery, walnuts, pecans... to name a few..