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Salad Bar Savvy: How to Make a Healthy Salad

By Marsha McCulloch, RD, LD

Salad bars make it easy and tasty to meet your vegetable quota, but even a salad can ruin your diabetes meal plan. Our tips will help you fill your salad plate the smart way.

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Size Up Salad Bar Serving Spoons

Size Up Salad Bar Serving Spoons

Most spoons and tongs in salad bar ingredient containers hold 2 tablespoons, so you can count as you dish them up. Smaller spoons found in toppings such as nuts and sunflower seeds hold about 1-1/2 teaspoons, which is enough to add crunch without excess calories.

*Salad Bar Extra: Sugar snap peas cost 50 percent less on a salad bar than regular retail. Eating these veggies raw, rather than cooked, preserves their abundant vitamin C and B vitamins.

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