SALADS ARE HEALTHIER
THAN SANDWICHES right?…WRONG!
America loves to offer HUGE portion sizes,
fat-loaded dressings, and false-advertised "healthy" add-ons
So therefore, salads are not ALWAYS your healthiest option
First, let me show you my dinner from last night,
what the macros are, and what I did differently
My imitation Taco Salad
MACROS
153Calories, 20g Carbs, 6g Fat, 19g Protein
INGREDIENTS
Dole Lettuce Leafs
1.5oz Peppers
60g Black Beans
1/4c Salsa
1 light mozz String Cheese Stick
1tbsp Dannon Plain Greek Yogurt
2 Simply Pinto Bean Beanito Tortilla Chips
WHAT DID I DO?
SALSA instead of DRESSING
LIGHT CHEESE STICK instead of SHREDDED CHEESE
PLAIN YOGURT instead of SOUR CREAM
HOW DID I DO IT!?
SALSA: Can of ROTEL Diced Tomato W/ Green Chiles
CHEESE STICK: Used food processor to make shredded cheese
WHY DID I DO IT (salsa)!?
Lets do a little SALSA COMPARISON
ROTEL Tomatoes with Green Chilis
VS.
PACE Chunk Salsa
OKAY SO.. Rotel serving size is 1/2C and Pace serving size is 2tbsp
Being that there are 8tbsp in 1/2C.. we need to times PACE
nutrition label by 4.
WHICH BRINGS US TO
PACE (1/2c Serving)
40Calories
0gFat
8gCarbs
8gSugar
920mg Sodium
ROTEL (1/2c Serving)
20Calories
0gFat
4gCarbs
3gSugar
529mg Sodium
ROTEL HAS 1/2 the calories, 1/2 the carbs,
1/3 the sugar, and about 400mg less Sodium
WE'LL DISCUSS THE REPLACEMENT OF
DRESSING WITH SALSA AT THE END OF THIS POST
WHY DID I DO IT (cheese) !?
Cheese sticks are easy to use in anything.
- Cut it up for eggs
- shred it for a salad
-take it along with you as a snack!
i LOVE putting it in the food processor to make a shredded cheese when
I'm having tacos, salad, or making a pizza (or pizza crust)
Cheese sticks allow the perfect portion size and make it
easy to NOT over do the dairy!
WHY DID I DO IT (yogurt) ?!
SOUR CREAM (Daisy LITE sour cream) 30g
Dannon Greek nonfat Plain Yogurt (150g)
OKAY SO, dannon yogurt is 5x the serving size so we'll
have to divide the nutrition label by 5!
DANNON HAS (per 2tbsp/30g):
16CALORIES, 0gFAT, 1.2gCARBS
1.2gSUGAR, 10mgSODIUM, and 3gPROTEIN
DAISY HAS (per 2tbsp/30g):
40CALORIES, 2.5gFAT, 2gCARBS
2gSUGAR, 25mgSODIUM, and 2gPROTEIN
So in that case, DANNON is winning on ALL levels.
The only thing you need to do is
STOP
the mind games and the whole "but its yogurt, wahhh"
no, it tastes EXACTLY the same, especially GREEK yogurt
because it still has the thick consistency
DONT KNOCK IT, TILL YOUVE TRIED IT!
SALAD
& SALAD DRESSING
FACTS
KENS RANCH
RANCH
AMERICA's GO-TO SALAD DRESSING,
CHICKEN NUGGET DIP, CHIPS & DIP…don't deny it.
2tbsp
140CALORIES, 15gFAT, 280mgSODIUM, 2gCARBS
(… do I need to explain why, PASSS)
HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH
OOH OOH, IT'S LIGHT!!
That means it's healthy!!!
2tbsp
80CALORIES, 7gFAT, 260mgSODIUM, 3gCARBS
(,..yes it's half the grams of fat than KENS in only TWO TABLESPOONS
there's still 7gfat and 260mg SODIUM !?!?…passs)
KRAFT ITALIAN
OOH OOH ITS FAT FREE
ANDDDD ITS ITALIAN (non-creamy)
SO THAT MEANS IT'S EVEN MORE HEALTHY
2tbsp
25CALORIES, 0gFAT, 540mgSODIUM, 5gCARBS
(YAY NO FAT.. but holy sodium!!! This dressing almost
doubles the amount of sodium in Ranch…PASSS)
SOOOO.. lets refer back to the salsa that I used
as dressing in the featured salad above!
ROTEL
2tbsp
5CALORIES, 0gFAT, 130mgSODIUM, 1gCARBS
1/5 the amount of calories, 1/4 the amount of sodium,
and 1/5 the amount of carbs than KRAFT italian
TA DAAAAAA : )
like i said before,
DONT KNOCK IT,
TILL YOU TRY IT!
