Salads on Shine

13 Easy Ways to Save 200 Calories a Day

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By incorporating even one of these smart tweaks from diet and nutrition writers into your day, you could lose up to 20 pounds a year!

Substitute Yogurt for Mayo

“When making tuna salad, use 2-percent Greek yogurt, about 75 calories for half a cup, instead of mayonnaise, about 450 calories for half a cup. Greek yogurt has the same texture and creaminess as mayonnaise but far less fat and calories. I use the tangy Greek yogurt as a lower-cal replacement anywhere I’d regularly use sour cream or mayo.”
— Leah Sipher-Mann,

5 Things You Need to Know About Crash Diets

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By Anna E. Dyer

1. Dieting No-Nos

Regardless of how much you want to lose weight and how fast you want that weight loss to occur, you should never put your health at risk by dieting. While some crash diets may help you to detoxify your body and…

Healthy Main Course Salads

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These nutritious salads make great lunches and dinners

What makes a great salad? Crisp greens and fresh vegetables, a handful of aromatic herbs, a perfectly balanced dressing—and a dash of the unexpected. For many of us, salads are the focal point of a healthy diet, and there is no…

Crowd pleasers! Get set for summer with three light and easy potluck salads

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For me the best part of potlucks (besides how easy they are) is the fact that you get to nibble on a bunch of different things. I always head straight for the salads. Broccoli-bacon salad is one that appears over and over on potluck lineups. But usually it’s made with too much mayonnaise and bacon. (Bacon really seems to play an important role in potluck lineups…and for good reason. It’s delicious, but needs to be used judiciously to keep things healthy.) We made a healthier broccoli-bacon salad this summer with less bacon and low-fat mayonnaise. Our version has only 1 gram of saturated fat and 200 mg of sodium.

Dispatches from the test kitchen: Homemade croutons 101

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When I eat salads at a restaurant, the croutons make the dish. The perfect balance of airy bread, seasonings and olive oil (or if you want to be really decadent, butter).

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