... It's a salad. *

*The definition of a salad is largely misunderstood by the public. CDCI is here to set you straight.

sal·ad

/ˈsæləd/ Show [sal-uhd]

–noun

1.

a usually cold dish consisting of containing at least one vegetable, such as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

2.

any of various dishes consisting of foods, as meat, seafood, eggs, pasta, or fruit, prepared singly or combined, usually cut up, mixed with a dressing, and served cold: chicken salad; potato salad.

3.

any herb or green vegetable, as lettuce, used for salads or eaten raw.

According to this accurate and scientific definition, any food containing at least one piece of a vegetable, OR consisting of cut up and mixed foods that are served cold, is a salad. Salads are healthy. Healthy foods have no calories. Therefore, salads have no calories. Please see below for common and uncommon examples of salads.

 Traditional salad- full of vegetables which are largely unnecessary. One piece of lettuce in a bowl of ranch dressing would have sufficed.

Broccoli negates any of the calories in this pasta salad.

 Note the lettuce: taco salad.

 Hamburger Salad- because of the lettuce, tomatoes, and onion. Completely calorie free!