Salad Question???

[buddysgirl50]

This is where I think i have a problem..I weighed all my salad today..
romaine=1.7oz
green onions=.2oz
Red pepper-.6oz
celery=.5 oz
cheese=1oz

Total weight of salad 4 oz

added
1 Tbsp Best food mayo
1 Tbsp dill vinegarette

Is this considered 2 cups of salad?
does this mean I can have a cup of cauliflower with my supper??

[Elsie150]

Re: Salad Question???

I am guessing that that would be more like 1 cup of salad. The cheese of course doesn't count towards the cup of salad...it counts towards your 3-4 oz limit of cheese. If you enter that into fitday you will get an idea of what it is. You are looking for approx 12-15 carbs from your veggies and the other 5 being taken up by salad dressing...eggs...cheese..that sort of stuff. Also while you are entering your food into fit day have a look and see if your amounts look close to 5%carb/65%fat/30%protein. Then you are doing fine!

[IrishSarahHB]

Re: Salad Question???

I would say, Yes. you can have the cauliflower tonight with dinner.. and probably another salad ( the same size ) too if you wanted ..

[buddysgirl50]

Re: Salad Question???

I use fit day all the time..I actually have the home version so I record on there. I also write down everything then add it in to the fitday.
The dressing I make my self so there is nothing but oil,vinegar and a sprig of fresh dill with a little seasoning.Found it in the atkins cook book. I added a Tbsp of mayo today to just give it a creamy taste. Hope that is oK..

So the cup of salad is with everything in it?other words an oz of this and an oz of that until it fills the cup.
Just went shopping to make sure I have everything I need for snacks and meals for this 2 week period

[not2late]

Re: Salad Question???

So the cup of salad is with everything in it?other words an oz of this and an oz of that until it fills the cup.

Yes. We have members who chop, slice veggies and put them into a standard measuring cup.

If you use weights, there is a sticky thread in the Induction forum with the cups and gram weight equivalents. A common mistake is that ounces or gram weights are equal to cup measures---that is 8 ounces is equal to 8 fluid ounces. That's only true for water and butter.