Are you kidding me?!?!

i eat two huge salads every night (for reference, both are in mixing bowls). you can check my diary for ingredients if you care, though this past week i was away for a wedding so was off my norm, but today is accurate.

this is what i learned, over the course of months.... you don't need as much dressing as you think. i used to want to drown my salad, and now i only use 1 tablespoon (15g, measured) per salad... since salad dressing is usually listed at 2 tablespoons, that effectively means i am using 1 serving across two big salads.

and... it's plenty. not at first, mind you -- at first it seemed like a ridiculously tiny amount. but now, i can absolutely say it's plenty. i usually stick to relatively low cal ones (50ish cals per serving), but sometimes splurge for my second salad and go with one that's around 130 cals (but still, at half a serving, only 65).

wow.....i wouldn't have guessed it had as much fat as the fries either! we don't have chick-fil-a up here in WA, but i will definitely be on the look-out.....and not just assume the salad is the way to go from now on.
thanks

I love that salad... I put me some taxas Pete on it... also the Reduced Fat Berry Balsamic Vinaigrette is only 110 cals and 4g fat ...I use 1/2 the packet

I get the grilled chicken sandwich and an 8 piece nuggets instead of fries= Close to 60 grams of protein while relatively low fat and moderate amount of carbs

I think the point may have been missed by some, it wasn't that the dressing had fat, if that was my concern i would have selected a fat free dressing, it was the amount in relation to the size. I am all for good fats, but if I am consuming nearly 30% of a traditionally recommend value of fat, I would rather make that allotment on something more satisfying than a condiment!

I just looked up the apple cider vinaigrette in the database. For 2 ounces (1/4 cup), it has 230 calories. That's actually pretty good. A standard serving of salad dressing is 1 ounce (2 tablespoons), so far that amount, it would be 115 calories. That's probably all I would put on a salad. The point I think a lot of people are making is that this particular salad dressing is pretty standard issue as far as vinaigrettes are concerned.

on e packet of low fat basalmic vinegertte dressing at mcdonalds is 35 calories

I will be sure to ask for that the next time I am at Chick fil a

I read her response as trying to give you a little back up support because other places do have low cal dressing packets that are vinaigrette.