Those in the UK - Salad help please

Hi all,

For those in the UK - does anyone know of anywhere good that does prepared low carb salads? everywhere near my new work, e.g. pret, starbucks, EAT, boots etc. don't do low carb ones! they all come with high sugar dressings and generally aren't very satisfying!

thank you! xxx

Im not sure that even exists. Ive only seen low fat salads or pasta dishes, neither being low in carbs.

Waitrose has some salads and side salads with no croutons or dressing (still in a bowl). I just buy some of the roasted chicken breast or some feta/goat's/other cheese to add to it.

I've given up on pre-made dressings. I've started making my own dressings and keeping it in recycled glass jars. That way, guaranteed to only have what I want in the dressing. Super easy.

If you're on the go as well, subway salads aren't THAT bad depending on what you get put in them, just the salad bowl though mind

tescos do a ham one and a tuna nicoise one- no dressings.

pret do a crayfish and avocardo salad - dressing in a pot.

the Sainsburys in town (and Morrisons local if you have one) had a make your own salad bar - which usually have some good leaves and bean choices (I usually buy a pot of olives as well.

If you're on the go as well, subway salads aren't THAT bad depending on what you get put in them, just the salad bowl though mind

Yep, Subway isn't too bad providing you choose wisely and avoid dressings

Chop'd is good, although there are not too many branches around. You can buy standard salads or have one made up for you, and they have a range of fat free dressings.

More main stream, you can't beat M&S.

Most of the supermarkets do plain salads in a bowl, (mainly leaves), Morrisons, Asda etc, you could buy one of them & some cooked peeled prawns to chuck in which come in small packs too.

A lot of places seem to sell salads with the dressing in a separate pot, so you could just not have that and eat the salad on its own?

I work near a Morrisons so sometimes grab the feta and olive salad or the tuna Nicoise (although I have to pick the new potatoes out of this if I'm doing a lower carb day). My usual fall back at any supermarket/city centre Tesco Express etc, is to grab a plain salad bowl and a pack of ham, chicken or cottage cheese to throw on top when I get back to the office. I tend to avoid the salad dressings that come with the salads and they are usually loaded with sugar - I just have bottles of white wine vinegar and olive oil in my desk at work. I also keep a bottle of dried oregano at work - sprinkled over salad it reminds me of hot summer holidays in Greece

Yeah Subway salad bowls are the BEST!

M&S do good salad bowls too and then I just throw some chicken in.

Do you have a fridge at work, I sometimes just buy a bag of leaves, some tomatoes and Cucumber and leave them in there and then make a fresh salad at lunch!

There aren't many of them around, but if you can find a branch of Chopp'd, you can get essentially a bespoke salad with your choice of ingredients. It's quite expensive, but worth it perhaps if you want to avoid anything in particular.

Thanks all. Need to rethink what i have i think. I love toast in the mornings but i like having a sandwich at lunch too. damn carbs! xxx

Ha ha! When nothing but bread will do I either have a couple of Ryvita with eggs for breakfast (fewer carbs than normal toast) or a Discovery wholewheat tortilla as a wrap for lunch (it's smaller than most, so fewer calories and carbs). The tortillas also make a fab base for pizza for tea with a big salad.