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    How often do you eat Salad?

    Posts: 3,671 Member
    edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Just curious about others. How often do you eat salad? Once a day, Once a week....never? lol By salad I am referring to the lettuce based kind.

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    • Posts: 565 Member
      Maybe once a week.

      I'm more likely to eat some spinach, or a bunch of other veggies without lettuce.
    • Posts: 173
      rarely.. i'm not a big lettuce fan although I'm trying to eat more of them
    • Posts: 46
      at least once a day
    • Posts: 1,133 Member
      everyday for lunch and dinner....half my plate is salad just good old plain fresh lettuce
    • Posts: 310
      I eat a spinach salad every day for lunch and sometimes one for dinner also.
    • Posts: 1,035 Member
      Usually 2 or 3 times a week
    • Posts: 21
      Every day. I LOVE lettuce of all kinds, especially arugula.
    • Posts: 31 Member
      Almost daily in the summer....due to my garden and the farmers markets. I too will munch on alot of different raw veggies...so salad without the lettuce. Veggies of anykind are a great snack. I love salads....I battle myself at times with wanting my old dressing choices. But over all I am a huge salad eater.
    • Posts: 39 Member
      Lunch is always a salad with protien.
    • Posts: 322
      Not often, the only kind of salad dressing I like is the terrible kind. I usually eat veggies on their own or with hummus.
    • Posts: 322
      Sorry, double post.
    • Posts: 326 Member
      Everyday, sometimes twice a day (like today). I like that I can have a giant salad with grilled chicken and it's about 300 cals including the dressing. Really helps me keep within my calorie goal.when I have a "hungry" day....like today!
    • Posts: 2,173 Member
      3-5 times a week. I usually have all sorts of stuff in it though to make it a meal... eggs, cottage cheese, shrimp, chicken, tuna... what ever I have in the fridge.
    • Posts: 167 Member
      Maybe once a week or less. I have a very sensitive stomach and can't tolerate much anymore in the way of raw veggies, even though I love them!!!
    • Posts: 55 Member
      I usually try to have a salad at least once a day. :)
    • Posts: 30 Member
      Salad.....everyday!!! I love salad and it is so low in calories that it ROCKS! :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 93 Member
      Almost every day because I prefer raw veggies to cooked ones. I rarely use iceberg lettuce. I usually use watercress, baby spinach or romaine lettuce as there are a lot more nutrients in them.
    • Posts: 333 Member
      I LOVE salad & I eat it often. Sometimes once a day & sometimes twice a day. If I had to estimate, I'd say that I eat somewhere between 8 - 10 salads a week. :wink:
    • Posts: 3,078 Member
      once a month - if that. I do enjoy fresh baby spinach on practically everything though!
    • Posts: 624 Member
      I go in spurts...I'll have one every day for 2 weeks, then I get sick of salad and won't have one for another 2-3 weeks!
    • Posts: 461
      Usually it's only if we're eating out or ordering carry out. I'm not a fan of homemade salads, I can never seem to do it right.

      But then I found a dressing that I like that is low-ish on sodium (Trader Joe's lowfat parmesan ranch - 30cals and 170mgs of sodium for 2tbsp) and last week I think I had 2 salads. It was super plain but a good way to get some extra veggies in and a great excuse to eat some of that dressing.
    • Posts: 787 Member
      At least once a day. The meal salad at lunch is mixed greens (baby romaine & spinach, some mache, arugula etc), with chunks of avocado, a hard boiled egg cut in chunks, turkey breast cold meat, tomato, pepper, cucumber, with homemade vinaigrette. It's my favorite meal!

      If I have a second salad with dinner as a side, then it's similar to above without the avocado, egg & turkey.
    • Posts: 590 Member
      By itself? Rarely. I like pasta salads, and chickpea and rice salads, and salad sammiches, but not salad alone.
    • Posts: 97 Member
      A few times a week? Steak & Salad for dinner - if I load my plate up with salad there is less room to fit the chips on!
    • Posts: 1,649 Member
      I eat it like a fiend, at least 2 cups, sometimes 2 cups twice a day. Almost always it's romaine.
    • Posts: 20 Member
      I eat salads several times a week with dinner. No cheese, croutons, or creamy dressing - all of which the hubby gets - but they're still good! =)
    • Posts: 1,060 Member
      Every single day, sometimes for breakfast. But I love veggies (even before weight loss) :laugh:
    • Posts: 137 Member
      Ew, not a lettuce fan. If I MUST eat a salad, I prefer spinach. But better yet is just eating raw veggies- carrots, celery, green beans, etc. or steamed veggies like broccoli or cauliflower. Besides, lettuce isn't much but fiber and water; other veggies have much higher amounts of vitamins and minerals.
    • Posts: 376 Member
      I like salad, but I only eat it every week or two. Now that I read this post I will probably eat a bit more! Lol.
    • Posts: 411 Member
      Ah, leafy green. Before I started this? Maybe once every few months. Now? Every day! I used to dislike it, now I love it! I put a little flax seed oil and red wine vinegar on it, and eat it along with some protein.
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