Living Well

Linda Beech, Finney County extension agent, will help you improve your home and family life with information on raising kids, eating right, spending smart — and living well.

For healthy eating, have a salad! UPDATE

Posted on : Apr 22, 2010 by Linda Beech
Filed under Food Selection and Prep, Nutrition

Test Your Salad IQ

Salads can be a healthy way to eat your veggies, but there can be pitfalls, too. Did you get the right answers on this salad quiz?

A. Two tablespoons of regular Ranch dressing have….

14 grams of fat

B. Which of the following is the smartest salad topping?

Chopped ham

C. This salad bar stand-by has a whopping 26 grams of fat per 3/4 cup.

Macaroni Salad

D. This type of lettuce provides almost no nutrition.

Iceberg lettuce

Improve Your Salads

Maximize nutrition- build salads with a mixture of dark leafy greens and add more fruits and vegetables
Use low-fat ingredients
Dress lightly with low-fat, reduced calorie dressings
Eat healthy salads more often throughout the week and any time of day

For recipes shared at the recent Extension program “Healthy Salads,” visit the Finney County Extension Office website at www.finney.ksu.edu under Health and Nutrition.

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