Are you kidding me?!?!
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Just for fun, here are the ingredients:
Soybean oil, apple cider vinegar, sugar, water, honey, distilled vinegar, pineapple juice concentrate, lemon juice concentrate, salt, spice, lime juice (water, lime juice concentrate, lime oil), xanthan gum, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, natural flavor, garlic*, onion*, propylene glycol alginate, calcium disodium EDTA added to protect flavor. *dehydrated.
Argh. Don't give away the secrets to my zesty home dressings! Sure most people can figure out oil, vinegar, honey, and spices, but slip in a little Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and SHAZAM. Get people lined up out the door.0 -
Oil is fatty, and fat has calories.
Very insightful, I can't believe such a nugget of wisdom was free!
My point was that apple cider vinegar has no calories, so the name apple cider vinaigrette was a quite misleading as it was not called "More Soy Bean Oil in a 2oz serving than order of fries dressing"
Actually it was named correctly, what did you think a vinaigrette was? It isn't miss leading at all if you know what a vinaigrette is and what it is made of.0 -
Chick-fil-A. has a great new market salad that is pretty awesome but the apple cider vinaigrette dressing that is recommended for it has more grams of fat than a small waffle fry (19 vs 16!) and almost as many calories (230!!).
I heard vinaigrette and assumed that it wasn't going to be too horrible, it wasn't until I was logging it that I realized how bad it was. I nearly cried, that one stupid packet of dressing cancelled out my work out.
Moral of the story, log first then eat!
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I'm with you-if I'm going out to eat I'm definitely not getting a salad0 -
wow.................................0
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on e packet of low fat basalmic vinegertte dressing at mcdonalds is 35 calories0
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no research your new items u are gonna eat and be prepared before you g o to resturaunt0
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When i can't research my salad dressing in advance. I try to get my hands on a side of salsa. Extra veggies can't hurt you ever. Unless they are killer zombie veggies, but i don't think they have those a chik-a-fil0
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Yeah... I don't put dressing on my salad now unless I made it from scratch myself. It's usually loaded with unexpected calories.0
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no salad, no dressing, no problem. :glasses:0
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I have made a similar mistake. It was more from being put in an unexpected situation and making what I thought was the best choice. Lesson learned.0
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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).0 -
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!0
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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 a0 -
Oil is fatty, and fat has calories.
Very insightful, I can't believe such a nugget of wisdom was free!
Amazing!!
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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.
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I just don't touch premade salad dressing anymore. Especially at a restaurant. It's great when they have oil and vinegar. If you're not in that classy of an establishment, you can often find some lemon wedges over by the drinks. Third option: hot sauce. I'm crazy about hot sauce.0
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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 packet0
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I had the same type of disappointment after consuming a Taco Bell Cantina Bowl / salad.
You ASSUME its going to be good and healthy, and then when you log it you find the calories, the fat and especially the sodium are THROUGH THE ROOF0 -
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 carbs0
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Maybe just skip chick fil a altogether. they are a bunch of religious zealot weirdos.:laugh:0
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