Salad Question

I have fallen in love with salads....  I never thought I would be able to eat a salad with NO salad dressing but I do.  My question is..........

How much raw green (spring mix, romaine, spinach, etc) can I eat?  I cup of green isn't a lot, and if I eat a cup of green, I can't add my strawberries, nuts, etc. to the salad.   When it comes to the volume with something like this does it matter? 

I hope I am expressing my question well.  Here is an example of a salad I enjoy.

dark leafy green
raw nuts
strawberries
blue cheese crumbles

If you put all of this in just a cup, you don't have much leafy vegs.  If you put all the leafy vegs in, you don't have room for other stuff....

I am being dense but dont understand.  Is the question how much CAN you eat, as in how much will your tum hold? Or how much *should* you be measuring, cuz you are a volume not a weight person?

Me?  I eat 1 ounce of meat, 1 ounce spinach, 1 ounce romaine.  I can add an ounce or two of fruit to that (figs lately,when my figs were ripe!) or apple, or maybe some orange. If I add half an ounce of nuts to that I will back off the fruit.

Or, 1 ounce meat, from 0.25 to 1 ounce of cheese, 4 olives, 1 once spinach 1 ounce romaine.

I dont ma**** in a cup cuz I dont care for macerated salad leaves, so I go for weight.  There comes a point where you have to maybe marry the two (volume and weight) and see what works for you I guess. 

if i ate just only 1 cup of greens no way would that hold me for more than 20 minutes.  Once you chew up that cup of greens, MAYBE its 1/4 cup. 

Me - I can eat the above like I said and be comfortable.  I measure using weight, not volume when it comes to greens. 

I honestly don't waste time with salads now ... too much filling with the lettuce for very few nutrients. 

Instead, I eat things like cucumber, brocolli, or a handful of grape tomatoes (yum!) ... much better (and tastier) to me than boring 'ol lettuce.

But, to each his own ... if you are hitting your nutrient levels, then eat away on the salad.  I would suggest to eat the above and add more leafy vegs and test for your full signal.

Good point about the protein Mini.me.

That's one thing needing to drink shakes for my protein levels did for me, was give me more room for veggies :}

I am like mini-me. Don't have room for lettuce if I am going to get in some protein and more nutritious veggies or fruit. Plus I sort of hate lettuce after years of dieting and having to eat salads all the time to no avail. I only like lettuce as something to put gobs of bleu cheese dressing on and thats pretty much a thing of the past.  

But if you like them then its really a matter of how much you have room for after having met your protein requirements. I think they are good for you to have so long as they don't replace protein. Diane

I absolutely love lettuce ... but only the tasty kind. I like the spring mix and any green with some bite to it. Those kind also have more nutrients. Makes a great base for leftover grilled chicken .... doesn't even need dressing! Don't have it every day, but at least a few times a week.

I really like salads with grilled chicken for lunch....but I use very little lettuce (or I really like to use cabbage instread..shreaded up).  I want to get full on the chicken so that is why I don't have much lettuce.

Patty

I grow several mixed green-type lettuces in the summer. I can't eat a lot but I pick and eat some every day. I mix some lettuce, mesclin, spicy mesclin, dill, sage, rosemary, and basil. Obvoiusly, not a lot of any single thing. Then I sprinkle on some sliced almonds, cheese of some kind - I've been buying some really good stuff in Paris and bringing it home-, and meat of some kind. I'm in a pork mood these days so I'll use shredded pork or diced ham. I also like, somethimes, mandarin oranges, too. Then I drizzle on my very favorite dressing. It keeps me full for hours. I love summer.

Salad Dressing

1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp. sugar - I use real sugar, too
3 tbsp. white vinegar
3/4 tsp. salt

Mix and shake it up. Store in cuproard - not refrigerator.