date:Aug 16, 2012
n, bacon or cheese, all of which add fat and calories. Salad dressing alone can add hundreds of calories. Creamy dressings like ranch and blue cheese tend to be higher in both than vinaigrettes. In many cases the salad has more calories than the sandwich or entree you would have ordered instead.
As an example, consider the Premium Bacon Ranch Salad with Crispy Chicken at McDonald's. This popular salad contains 560 calories, 37 grams of total fat, and 8.5 grams of saturated fat. Compared to