Some Salads Are Not Healthy

If you think that choosing the salad on the menu is a surefire way to save on fat and calories, think again. In many common restaurants salads can be loaded with toppings that make them heavier than regular entrees. Here is a list of the least healthy salads from restaurants you probably go to on a regular basis compiled by Modern Home Modern Baby:

PF Chang’s Chicken Chopped Salad with Ginger Dressing. This salad weighs in at 940 calories, 68 grams of fat and an astounding 2225 mg sodium. While the underlying ingredients are not so bad, the ginger dressing loads up the calories.

Quizno’s Chicken with Honey Mustard Flatbread Chopped Salad. While flatbread may sound healthy, at Quizno’s it’s not. This salad has well over 1,000 calories and 71 grams of fat.

TGI Friday’s Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad. I have to admit, this sounds like a pretty tasty salad, but after looking at the ingredients you’ll probably want to say away from it. This meal packs on 1380 calories, mostly from the nuts and cheese. If you are trying to lose weight, this is not the salad for you.

On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef and Smoked Chipotle Vinaigrette Dressing. You probably know that taco salads are not good for you, but did you know just how bad they are? This one has an incredible 121 grams of fat and 1,680 calories. You might as well have had the cheeseburger.

California Pizza Kitchen Thai Crunch Salad. Topping the list in terms of calories, this salad has an amazing 2115 calories. Once again, the basic salad ingredients are not to blame, it’s the toppings: peanuts, crispy wontons, crispy rice sticks and peanut dressing. While tasty, they pack on the fat and calories.

If you want to lose weight, it’s okay to eat salad – just be careful about what goes on there. If the salad is called “crispy” or “fried”, stay away from it.

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