How healthy is your salad REALLY?

So I must admit I've gotten a wee bit too excited about the sudden abundance of cash I have in my checking account (just got paid, bitches!), and I know it's not going to last as long as I need it to. So why I ate out for both breakfast and lunch today is beyond me. Mind you, I didn't spend that much—$5 at Starbucks this am and an $8 salad for lunch. But still—that is not cool. My sorry ass is going to be crying all the way from the bank if I don't get it in check and get back to eating the groceries I've already got at home. I digress. Let me tell you about my salad.

Remember this post when I got way.too.excited about having a salad for lunch? Well, this isn't quite as awesome, but I'm going to tell you about it anyway. My salad contained: cucumbers, chickpeas, carrots, cashews, an egg, peppers, corn, onion apples and just a drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette. Pretty healthy, right? At least I think so. I liked the salad, but I wasn't in love with it. I'm still working on "readjusting" my taste buds. Of course, every bite that had a cashew in it was delicious, but every other bite was just a'ight. 

My buddy George made me laugh when he wrote a comment the other week about how his favorite salad came with a huge hunk of garlic bread all the fixins. Sweet. I forget what the exact ingredients were, but I do remember thinking that it sounded like the calorie count was more than what the average person should eat over two days, let alone one meal. 

So what about you: Are you and "Ellen" salad eater or a "George" salad eater? (I used to be a "George" salad eater. In college, I chose to believe that my Carolina Chicken salad from Ruby Tuesday was healthy. Um yeah, I drenched it with Ranch dressing, and later found out it was over 1,000 calories. Scar-y).