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"Low Carb Newbies" at Low Carb Diet Support: "Today, we had lunch at Chili's, and I ordered the shrimp ceasar salad thinking it would be great. I came home and checked their website, and it said the salad had 39 carbs. Way ...."

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Old 05-06-2008, 01:00 PM
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Today, we had lunch at Chili's, and I ordered the shrimp ceasar salad thinking it would be great. I came home and checked their website, and it said the salad had 39 carbs. Way more than I expected, but I am assuming that most of that is from the croutons. Does that sound about right to everyone?
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Old 05-06-2008, 01:23 PM
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I would bet you are right. I looked it up on chili's website and 39 carbs is what they had but nothing on croutons. That just must be figured in to the count.

I also looked up a cup of croutons and it said 25 carbs, 2 fiber. Hope this helps!
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Old 05-06-2008, 02:19 PM
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i looked on their nutritionals....you're looking at 33 net carbs (carbs - fiber).

the dressing is 3 carbs per 2 oz. it looks like. maybe another 8-10 net carbs for the croutons based on heather's info, figuring maybe 1/3 -1/2 cup croutons?

and i found this - Chili's Grill & Bar Add On - Garlic and Lime Grilled Shrimp nutrition information - Food Labels - DietFacts.com, which says 3 carbs per 4 pieces of chili's lime and garlic shrimp...comparing the regular c. salad with the shrimp one, there is a difference of 11 carbs net, so it looks like the shrimp probably added about 10, i assume with whatever they cook it in.

i'm very surprised it comes out as high as that, as i would have considered it a pretty safe choice myself. always better to know, though...
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Well, I didn't even eat one crouton. Dh was laughing at me because I was lining them up all around the edge of my plate. He told me to stop because it looked like I had some sort of disorder! LOL There were a TON on there! I will just have to be extra careful tonight for dinner and have very few carbs!
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that's hilarious! march of the croutons, circiling the salad...makes a lovely mental image.
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Those croutons were perfectly lined up for you to flick one at him.
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I will have to remember that next time! Honestly, I was probably doing it just to see how long it would take for him TO make a comment about it! I can still have a "little kid" mentality from time to time.
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cjhinch - you must be a blast to hang out with. Always keeping that DH wondering what you'll do next. I bet he never says he is bored around you.
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I would have done the same thing with the croutons. DH usually eats whatever I don't but he hates croutons so they would have been decorating the edge of the plate.
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I do the same thing with my croutons.........I don't think it's a problem at all! And I don't care who it bothers!

We frequent a restaurant that always brings little packages of crackers with the salad - really convenient to just leave those on the plate. Croutons are sometimes a bit harder to dig out of a salad, especially when it seems as though they've put an entire loaf of bread on it.
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I have to say the salad was awesome....even without the loaf of bread they added on top!
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I always remove croûtons from my salads, if there is a bread plate I put them on that, sometimes it is just on a napkin.
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i like heather's flicking them at the DH idea, myself....perfect for when he suggests you have a disorder....
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LOL - interesting discussion. I never liked croutons on my salad even before low carb.
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