Restaurant salads!!! Help!!
Dear people,
I went to the link below and looked up chicken salads at restaurants (like Bob Evans and Applebys). I was shocked out of my mind when I saw the carb count! Does this mean we can't even have Cobb salads at the corner diner? Now I'm afraid of restaurants but am also afraid I can't keep up with cooking every meal. UGH. http://www.calorieking.com/foods/ca...?category_id=21 |
It is possible to eat out regularly and still maintain your Atkins WOE. The usual suspects in high-carb counts for salads are croutons and salad dressings. If you can get a break-down of where the carbs come from, you stand a better chance of making appropriate menu decisions.
In the past few months I've eaten at a variety of restaurants...both fast-food and "white tablecloth"...and still managed to keep my carb intake to less than 20/day. Consider, also, the option of "make-ahead" meals that can be made up in bulk and consumed at leisure. Neither my wife nor I can afford to spend all of our time chained to the stove. But we're willing to invest a few hours in advance food preparation that pays off in cooking "vacations" in weeks to come. Check out the recipe pages on this and other low carb sites...you'll find a variety of tasty choices that can be made up in advance and "nuked" on demand. |
I agree, it depends on what they put in as "extras", since they base their nutrition info on "average amounts of all ingredients".... A few changes, and you have a salad fit for lc! Leaving out the obvious, like croutons, and watching the dressing like a hawk. (Most places will sub Ranch or oil and vinegar on request)
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I was completely surprised to find out that McDonalds grilled chicken salad has 11 carbs without the dressing. I was told this and doublechecked on their web-site. I have one occasionally but make sure I closely watch my carbs for the rest of my day. Who knew?
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I as shocked too at the McDonalds salad-I love the chicken caesar salad there . I wonder if they are adding the tomato,carrot,croutons and parmesan cheese in wth the 11 g?? Anyone know???
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I think everything is added except the dressing and the crutons. That is my understanding anyway. I usually pick my carrots and tomatoes out (I get the chicken bacon ranch salad usually.) I don't care for the carrots and the little grape tomatoes actually taste too sweet to me. Gee, I never thought I'd say that! :lol:
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Thank you everyone for your responses. I'm "processing" now. This is definitely a thinking person's diet. It forces you to be aware.
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McDonald's (and other fast food places, I'm sure) marinate their chicken in a dextrose solution.
This causes the carb count to increase fairly dramatically (to us LCers, anyways.) Hogarth |
If you want to know the actual contents (but not quantities) of the various items on the McDonald's menu, you can check this page:
http://mcdonalds.com/countries/usa/...ents/index.html |
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