Low Fat Low Calorie Salads

Today, people have become health conscious and have begun consuming low fat food, which is always good for your health. Eating low fat, low calories salad is the best way to lose weight or maintain a fit body. You can use the following tips to make your salad, a low fat and low calorie one.

Making Low Fat Salads:

Keep changing the salad greens. Try for iceberg lettuce, peppery arugula or watercress, romaine leaves, baby spinach, mixed spring greens, red-leaf lettuce, mache, radicchio or endive.
Add beans, such as black beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, white beans and edamame, to enhance the taste of the salad.
Use whole grains in pasta or rice salads, to increase the intake of fiber.
Also try grains such as quinoa, bulgur wheat and couscous (a kind of pasta/grain crossover).
Go for lean cuts of low sodium deli meats and grilled or roast chicken and turkey.
Try for water-based chunk light tuna (the pouch variety is firm and meaty) or salmon for meat, boosting your intake of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Choose reduced fat cheeses, cottage cheese or even fat-free shredded cheese. Or try strong-flavored cheeses like Gorgonzola or Parmesan, which pack a lot of flavor in small quantities.
Health conscious people may use vegetables, such as shredded cabbage, carrots, zucchini, broccoli or cauliflower florets, tomatoes, celery, asparagus, green beans, red onion, scallions, artichokes, sweet peppers, sliced mushrooms, jicama, cucumber, beets, fennel and eggplant.
Use fruits, such as grapes, mandarin oranges, mango, strawberries, blueberries, pear, apples, plums, peaches, nectarines, cantaloupe, watermelon, blackberries. Don’t forget dried fruits such as raisins, cranberries, apricots and cherries.
While using eggs, remember to remove the yolks, or at least half of them.
Include avocado frequently from time to time. In spite of being rich in monounsaturated fat, it is also filled with nutrients such as magnesium, potassium and vitamin E
Use nuts occasionally and sparingly. Almonds and walnuts are heart-healthy foods and they also add a pleasing crunch and texture to salads.
Instead of using readymade croutons, make them by using day-old bread sprinkled with dried herbs and baked on a cookie sheet coated with olive oil cooking spray.

Some of the low fat salads are: