Diet Salad Recipes
Including calories in salads, carrots, lettuce

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

Healthy Salad Recipes for Your Diet Plan, low in calories and fat content.

We feature some tasty, low calorie salad recipes below - so be sure to check those out. Here are some more....

Drunken Lettuce Recipe

All varieties of lettuce are super low in caloric values; the common iceberg variety contains about 5 per chopped cup, thus making is an excellent choice while trying to lose pounds. It's generally considered a 'free food' as more energy will be burned consuming the one cup serving than it contains.

To prepare Drunken Lettuce, you can use any variety that you choose from the market shelf. Wash the leaves thoroughly; even if the packaging states that the vegetable has been pre-washed, it's still a good idea to give it another bath.

Place the washed and dried leaves into a pretty serving bowl.

In another bowl mix the following ingredients: 6 cherry tomatoes that have been cut in half, 3 finely sliced or shredded baby carrots, finely sliced celery with the strings removed, 1/4 cup of chopped cucumber - peeled, and 5 sliced black olives. Add 1 Tablespoon of reduced fat Catalina or Ranch dressing to the vegetables; mix and spoon onto the lettuce leaves.

To create a quick and easy wrap, add drained black beans or lean deli meat, then wrap. The beans work well for vegetarian style cooking.

Diet Glazed Carrot Recipe

One of these orange babies that is of medium size contains about 30 calories.

For this recipe, use baby carrots as they tend to be sweet and they cook quite quickly. They are carved from full-sized carrots but because they have the peelings removed then tend to be sweeter.

Place into any type of oven or on the grill on a sheet of tin foil and allow them to cook until fork tender, turning when necessary. Sprinkle lightly with ground cinnamon, then drizzle with honey. Remove and enjoy.

Salad Facts, Tips for Dieters

Two cups of a mix of chopped lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cucumber contains about 50 calories.

Salads are excellent when trying to lose pounds but there are areas to watch which can increase caloric and fat values significantly. These include: croutons, bacon, cheese, dressings, avocado.

Keep sealed containers of all of your favorite vegetables in the fridge; this makes it very easy to open and toss the ingredients that you prefer into a bowl. Having food that is quick to prepare is one of the biggest keys to successful weight loss.

When we think of salads we tend to think about vegetables sitting on a bed of lettuce. Spinach makes a much healthier alternative to lettuce and is comparable in caloric content.