Salad Serving Size

Kel Posted: Sep 09, 2004 12:04 AM

Salad Serving Size

Just curious...

I made a salad tonight .. here's what I used ..

1 Romaine Heart
4 celery stalks
a 4-inch piece of seedless cucumber, with skin
1 sack of Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes
1 big can of sliced black olives

so, now I'm wondering .. what would be the serving size for a salad combination like that??? Would anyone happen to know??

noraleigh Posted: Sep 10, 2004 10:45 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

what kind of serving? If you use like a diabetic exchange serving it's 1 cup of raw vegetables including salad.

is that what you meant?

Kel Posted: Sep 11, 2004 12:39 AM

Re: Salad Serving Size

Well .. everything you eat has a serving size .. and I know certain salads are not as healthy as others .. so common logic would say you should eat less of a taco salad than a salad mixed of greens and veggies .. and I've heard people talking about how certain things are 'no points' .. so .. I was wondering how you'd figure a serving size of a fairly healthy salad .. dressing not included, of course.

noraleigh Posted: Sep 13, 2004 08:47 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

roughly one cup of raw veggies equals about 25 calories.

Ronkonkomonga Posted: Sep 13, 2004 09:28 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

Thats interesting - I thought you could have tons of salad and not count points or calories at all

Kel Posted: Sep 14, 2004 11:23 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

Posted by Ronkonkomonga

Thats interesting - I thought you could have tons of salad and not count points or calories at all

That's kinda what I thought .. but logically to me .. salads can be very, very different .. but I was thinking .. with trying to stay with the ingredients I posted .. that you could get more than just a cup.

brideinapril Posted: Sep 15, 2004 11:05 AM

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I would think - with the ingredients you posted - you would be able to eat as much as you want.

noraleigh Posted: Sep 21, 2004 10:45 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

olives would probably be the only thing that wouldn't be a 'free food'

aimerliny Posted: Sep 24, 2004 04:10 PM

Re: Salad Serving Size

Of what you listed, the only thing that is 'high' in calories are the olives. Next highest is the tomatoes. I think the calories on lettuce, cucumbers and celery are next to nothing.