Tracking salads

Put bowl on scale. Turn it on. Add lettuce. Write number down. Tare it. Add tomatoes. Write number down. Tare it.

You get the drift.

Some of my salads come up to 400-500 calories so yeah... no estimating here when it takes two seconds to hit a button and write down a number as I add stuff.

Ready2Rock206 wrote: »

Track each ingredient. I just put my bowl on the scale. Tare the scale. Add the lettuce or whatever. Log it. Tare the scale. Toss the next ingredient in the bowl. Log it. Tare the scale. Add the next ingredient... etc. until I'm done. Just takes a minute or so. Easy peasy and I have an accurate log.

@Ready2Rock206 ---that's an excellent way to weigh each ingredient. Thanks! I've been weighing each ingredient on a separate saucer, then, emptying that saucer into my salad bowl. Your great way of weighing each ingredient will save me so much time, will save effort, and I"ll have to wash less things.

I list everything on my plate individually and weigh them so I know exactly what I've had

I log each item because I am not only watching calories but nutrients as well.

gettingreallyfedupnow wrote: »

snowflake930 wrote: »

I never buy salad. $7.00 at Culvers...................for what, mostly lettuce. At that price you could make a lot of salads.

Honestly, is salad really that expensive in the US?!!! I'm really shocked - it's normally about £1 a bag here in the UK.

That was for a salad, not just lettuce, I think. Here a bag is $3 or so, a bit less when on sale, but yeah, not cheap.

endlessfall16 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Put bowl on scale. Turn it on. Add lettuce. Write number down. Tare it. Add tomatoes. Write number down. Tare it.

You get the drift.

Some of my salads come up to 400-500 calories so yeah... no estimating here when it takes two seconds to hit a button and write down a number as I add stuff.

Is that 400-500 calories from vegetables only? ie not from dressing, nuts, protein, etc.?

I can't even fit 30 cal worth of green mix salad on my plate without getting it overflow!!

For me, if I use as much as I like of my favorite Lite Honey Mustard dressing, that alone is easily 250 calories or more. Add the higher calories items like sunflower nuts, a few croutons or wonton strips, raisins, cheese, and protein, and 400-500 comes quickly. Unfortunately. I've had to learn to like salads with less dressing.

I usually track every individual ingredient. I feel like it's more accurate that way!

endlessfall16 wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Put bowl on scale. Turn it on. Add lettuce. Write number down. Tare it. Add tomatoes. Write number down. Tare it.

You get the drift.

Some of my salads come up to 400-500 calories so yeah... no estimating here when it takes two seconds to hit a button and write down a number as I add stuff.

Is that 400-500 calories from vegetables only? ie not from dressing, nuts, protein, etc.?

I can't even fit 30 cal worth of green mix salad on my plate without getting it overflow!!

Veggies, meat, cheese. I eat out of a mixing bowl, usually. Perfect size for a good portion (I always use 3 ounces of lettuce plus toppings) and enough room to mix it up after (I usually start with the dressing at the bottom, which is just vinegar and mustard for me).

My salad at lunch was 519 calories - spring mix, chicken breast, avocado, gorgonzola, 2 hard boiled eggs. And yeah there's no way it would have fit in a plate.

gettingreallyfedupnow wrote: »

snowflake930 wrote: »

I never buy salad. $7.00 at Culvers...................for what, mostly lettuce. At that price you could make a lot of salads.

Honestly, is salad really that expensive in the US?!!! I'm really shocked - it's normally about £1 a bag here in the UK.

I've never seen a $7 bag of salad. That may be in Canada.

For bagged salads in general, it's cheaper when you buy the components individually, but some people value convenience.