Healthy Salad Recipe - Total Calories 275

Healthy Salad Recipe 275 Calories
Ingredients: Romaine Lettuce, Cucumbers, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Craisins Created on: March 30th, 2017 by one of our members

Healthy Salad Recipe

BASE

You added 1 serving(s) of Romaine Lettuce

Romaine Lettuce (1)
Serving Size: 1-Cup
Total Calories: 8

DRY TOPPINGS

Craisins (1)
Serving Size: 0.33-Cup
Total Calories: 123

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Custom Salad

Amount Per Serving

Calories 275

Calories from Fat 78

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8.69g

13%

Saturated Fat 0.32g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g

Monounsaturated Fat 0.17g

Cholesterol 0mg

Sodium 399mg

17%

Potassium 16mg

Total Carbohydrates 53.82g

18%

Dietary Fiber 5.6g

22%

Sugars 41.59g

Protein 1.96g

Vitamin A

68%

Vitamin C

62%

Calcium

Iron

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

	Calories	2,000	2,500

Total Fat	Less than	65g	80g

Sat Fat	Less than	20g	25g

Cholesterol	Less than	300mg	300mg

Sodium	Less than	2,400mg	2,400mg

Total Carbohydrate		300g	300g

Dietary Fiber		25g	30g

Salad Health Check Analysis

Here is a healthy salad created by one of our members. The ingredients of this salad makes it a 275-calorie salad with some cool fresh extra toppings such ascucumbers, mandarin oranges.

Let's do a health check on this Healthy Salad:

Its contents such as romaine lettuce, craisins, cucumbers, mandarin oranges make it a salad that may help with cholesterol and blood sugar levels. Items such as cranberries are also considered antioxidant rich.

Adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet can give your body some of the most essential vitamins such as beta-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E. These nutrients are usually found in colorful fruits and vegetables. Fortunately, this salad contains items such as craisins, mandarin oranges that make it a salad that has some ingredients that may provide essential nutrients

It’s recommended to eat a diet that is high in fiber.

Fiber-rich diet has many benefits and one of the best ways to have a fiber-rich meal is to have a salad that has items such as beans and artichoke. Fiber-rich salads can not only help you with your bowel movements but also help you lose weight properly and keep your blood and sugar levels in check.

This salad contains romaine lettuce, craisins, cucumbers, mandarin oranges which would give this salad a check mark on the fiber front but it’s all about how many grams of fiber you are consuming daily. If you are considering this salad for your diet or are going to create your own salad then keep the following in mind - Men should consume 40g of fiber daily and women should aim for 25g of fiber, at least.

Overall, the fiber content of this salad comes in at 22% of what’s recommended daily.