People tend to think of a salad bar buffet as a healthy place to eat. I certainly enjoy eating at salad bars because they do have good options and my family eats at our local one often. But to be honest with you, I think that most people are fooled into thinking that as long as you find it at the salad buffet, it must be healthy and guilt-free. Everytime I walk into a salad bar, I see people all around me who are obviously struggling with weight management, piling their plates very high with “healthy” salad bar food. So I would like to try and give you what I think are the best choices at a salad bar and what the pitfall foods are that you should probably avoid or at least have only very small portions of. This post will be in 2 parts.
Healthy choices:
1. Lettuce.
As mentioned in my previous post, lettuces are an excellent, nutritious and highly digestible food for humans. If you want to pile your plate with food, pile it up with these greens. Even 2 or 3 platesfuls will be low in calories and fat and provide you with much goodness while being palatable.
2. Tomatoes.
Tomatoes are a juicy, nutrient-rich non-sweet fruit. I could eat them all day long. They are also expensive when they’re not in season, so when I go to a salad bar, I make sure to indulge in a good amount of tomatoes.
3. Cucumbers.
Rich in Vitamin E and pleasant in texture and taste, cucumbers are an excellent addition to your salad. Have as much as you desire.
4. Any raw, ripe fruit.
Do make sure that the fruits you get are ripe, as unripe fruits do not digest well. When we go to a salad bar, I load my kids’ plates up with as much fruit as they want, and then I make them a nice big salad.
5. Celery
Celery is mineral-rich, pleasant to taste AND easily digestible. An optimal food.
If you have any of these foods, be sure to use the BIGGEST plates you can get at there. Tomorrow we will talk about some of the foods that you may want to only use the smallest plates for (following Ryan’s weight-loss tip). :)
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This reminds me of a Jim Gaffigan stand-up routine where he says, “And who’s putting pudding on their salad anyway?” :-)
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