NSV - salad, w/NO DRESSING!

rachie590
rachie590 Posts: 107 Member
in Success Stories
I ordered a turkey cobb salad, which I consider a cheat meal (bacon and blue cheese crumbles] The waitress accidentally brought me Caesar dressing instead of the balsamic vinaigrette that I had requested. So I just started eating the salad w/o dressing, and by the time she came back to check on me...I had decided that it was delicious without!

BABY STEPS! I don't think I've ever ate a salad w/o at least some vinegar and oil on it. The best part was that I actually enjoyed it and I saved calories by not using dressing!

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  • marc8686
    marc8686 Posts: 199 Member
    Nice!
  • tcaton88
    tcaton88 Posts: 11
    yeah its really not that bad! I've done it hear lately, don't get me wrong I still use my fat-free dressings but when there's none I like (like at work) I don't mind not using any at all. Also I once read that Victoria Beckham was at a restaurant eating a plate full of lettuce, nothing on it just lettuce. Not that I want to look like VB but hey it kinda dinged in my head that you have to eat skinny to be skinny.
  • silvergurl518
    silvergurl518 Posts: 4,123 Member
    bacon and blue cheese is plenty of seasoning already--so yay!
  • dirty_dirty_eater
    dirty_dirty_eater Posts: 574 Member
    The amount of bacon and blue cheese you usually get isn't all that much. Foods like that add so much flavor and satisfaction to a meal that they are often worth the caloric cost.

    Culver's (a fast food chain) does a cranberry bacon blue, grilled chicken salad that is actually excellent, even without dressing.
  • sparkly86
    sparkly86 Posts: 520 Member
    nice! i always ask for vinegar and lemons and i add it myself
  • Phoenix24601
    Phoenix24601 Posts: 620 Member
    I always get a bowl of lemons and squeeze the juice over my salad. That, to me, is so much better than dressing.
  • rachie590
    rachie590 Posts: 107 Member
    While waiting tables, I was often shocked at how many people use lemons or no dressing. I think it's time to join the no dressing revolution! Even people who ordered a completely fried meal sometimes don't use salad dressing. It's just one of those things that I never tried before. As for Victoria Beckham eating a plate of lettuce, I don't know if I am quite there yet. Gotta at least have some onion and tomato to add flavor.
  • Audrey24HisSuccessStory
    Audrey24HisSuccessStory Posts: 72 Member
    Riche590, nice NSV! Every baby step that brings you closer to your goal is praise worthy! Some of you noted how you request lemons at restaurants as a dressing replacement, i'm going to have to try that! I'm going to need a few lemon halves though! :)

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