Tasteful Tuesday: Healthy Salad's

Many of you have days when you want to eat a bit healthier so you opt for a salad, well be careful because all salads are not created equal.


Starting with the salad bar:
- DO pile on the raw veggies
- DO take plenty of dark lettuce (arugula, romaine, baby spinach)
- DO NOT indulge in too much iceberg lettuce
- DO NOT load the salad with the dry noodles, croutons, bacon bits, sunflower seeds
- DO NOT indiscriminately pick a dressing, this could ruin the whole meal and leave you better off having just having a hamburger - instead try sprinkling the salad with lemon juice or try adding fresh fruit for added flavor
- if you use dressing DO choose a vinaigrette


And when you use the drive thru try these options (beware some are surprising)


at McDonald's get the Bacon Ranch Salad with Grilled Chicken (the key here is use as little dressing as possible)


Wendy's: Mandarin Chicken Salad


Burger King: Tendergrill Chicken Garden Salad


Stay away from Wendy's Chicken BLT Salad - your better off with the burger


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