Is this a reasonable amount of salad for one person for their evening meal?

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Two celery stalks
One chicken breast
Five baby potatoes
Half a red onion
Cucumber
Four small beetroot balls
One medium avocado
Watercress, rocket and spinach leaves
Chopped feta

With a dressing of anchovies, lemon juice, olive oil, mustard and honey.

YANBU - That’s definitely enough. On the large side, even.
YABU - That’s not enough.

Of course it makes a difference how many calories you eat. A medium height, 10 stone woman with a desk job would put weight on if she ate 2300 calories every day, especially if she’s in her 50s or older.

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Dinnertime sounds fucking miserable in your house 😂

Oh yeah they are little and cute aren't they! But... how imperfect are they? A little bit imperfect? Or a lot imperfect? I have bought other I'mperfect things which have been fine, but just a bit dubious about the avos lol

Is this what you are or are you judging someone else ?

How much you or anyone should eat is based on what their body needs. I sit at a desk all day, I’d eat that and probably not need snacks in between my evening meal. I prefer to eat larger meals in the early part of the day and lighter at night.

last night my evening meal was one regular size pork sausage, half a cup of mash, 1 Yorkshire pudding the size of my palm and two generous soup spoon full helpings of gravy over it.

I only eat two meals a day. Not because of poverty or anything just because I’m busy and I’m not a breakfast person.

Couldn't possibly tell you as know idea what else you've eaten or how much activity you've performed during the day. It's a bit of a silly question really. Sorry.

Sprinkle lemon or lime juice on the cut part and put it in an airtight tub, it's fine for a day or two.

It's not really a salad anyway.

It's a chicken breast, feta cheese and potatoes, which some salad as a 'side'.

'Salad' is really just the vegetables on their own.

We never eat 'salad'.

We may have quiche, salmon fillets, chicken, prawns, fish cakes, kebabs etc etc WITH a side salad.

Amusing how OP calls her meal a 'salad' when it 's not.

I agree, save half of the avocado for a bacon butty next morning! A whole chicken breast seems to be a lot though.

This sounds like you'd need to increase your exercise significantly to counteract the calories in one whole cucumber. Love it 😁

OP it sounds great. Good healthy food.

Need more potatoes.

I'd say that all sounds fine OP. I have the same pretty much, other than no celery stalks and maybe only half the avo. I'd add in some tomatoes too.

What are you on 😆

Of course it's a salad, with a variety of components.

So a chicken caesar salad is not a salad. It's chicken and bread with a side salad.

Sounds ok, remember celery and cucumber are mainly water anyway.

That sounds really good OP. (somebody above seems to be confused between a side salad and a main meal salad!).
Good mix of protein, fats and fibre. My only comment would be if you are wanting to lose weight then go for half the avo and no feta and big up the veggies.
IMO if its a main meal salad then I basically want a mixing bowl worth of food!!😁

A whole avocado and a whole chicken breast seems quite a lot to me.

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Would probably last me a month.

Depends on the size of the chicken breast doesn't it? Sometimes they are piddly and sometimes they are bloody massive.

No, it's a chicken breast and potatoes, with a salad.

The way meals are described is to list the main ingredient as the 'main' one.

Just as you have done with the Chicken Caesar salad. The main protein is chicken.

If someone said to me they were having a salad for dinner, I'd assume it was everything on the OP's list, minus the chicken, feta cheese and anchovies.

A traditional 'Caesar Salad' does not have chicken. The chicken was an option that evolved as an extra, which is why it's the first word in the description. You will find Caesar Salad on the menu and also 'Add chicken' next to it in some restaurants. Which proves the point that a traditional Caesar salad is just that- lettuce, croutons, parmesan cheese , and dressing.

You must be fun at parties @shortieshortie 😅 Get a grip.

In case you need help understanding it.

salad
noun
sal·ad ˈsa-ləd

Synonyms of salad
1
: any of various usually cold dishes: such as
a
: raw greens (such as lettuce) often combined with other vegetables and toppings and served especially with dressing
b
: small pieces of food (such as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables) usually mixed with a dressing (such as mayonnaise) or set in gelatin

If they are full on 1/3 chicken breast they aren't hungry men. A UK chicken breast is 150-160g. 50g of chicken is not satisfying any 7ft tall strapping rugby player (as all the men on MN being fed are)

Always a shame when someone can't admit defeat on a topic, eh?

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I think UK chicken breasts are trimmed much smaller, cut differently, its certainly not ALL of the meat you could cut off the front end of a chicken... Unless aussie chickens are just much bigger than our UK ones?

Needs crusty bread 😊