A delicious tomato and lettuce salad is a great low-fat meal that has many vitamins, minerals, and health benefits. Determination of the nutritional value of your salad involves summing the individual nutrition facts for each of your ingredients. In this way, you can keep tabs on how your nutritional and healthy salad is. Instructions:
1. Determine the amount of lettuce that you want to add to your salad. A portion is typically a small handful of chopped lettuce or one or two leaves of a head of lettuce.
2. Add the vitamins and minerals in lettuce. A portion of raw lettuce has 523 IU vitamin A, 6.2 micrograms of vitamin K, 8.2 14.8 micrograms of folate and potassium, mg and minor amounts of other minerals and vitamins. Keep in mind that lettuce can have different amounts of vitamins, depending on the type and preparation. Also, you should note that the lettuce has no or very little fat caloric value.
3. Determine the amount of tomatoes that you want to add to the salad. Typically, a large chopped tomato is enough for a salad, but you may want to add more if you want a strong tomato taste.
4. Add vitamins and minerals in tomatoes. A portion of tomatoes has 1241 IU vitamin A, 18.9 milligrams of vitamin C, 11.9 micrograms of vitamin K, 353 milligrams of potassium and 0.2 milligrams of manganese, as well as small amounts of vitamins and minerals. A portion of tomatoes is usually about 26 calories, tomatoes and have almost no fat.
5. Keep tight control on anything else you add to your salad, as this will affect the nutritional facts of your salad. For example, the sauce can add a lot of fat and calories to your salad, and so you should use it sparingly, if you want to make a salad with low fat.