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What low carb. vegetables do you add to a salad for tighter blood sugar control?

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Cucumber
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Bell Pepper
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Onion
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Broccoli
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Radish
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Mushroom
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Grilled Asparagus
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Common man foods onion and radish here

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to Mohannandigana1952

That's good! I like adding radishes to my salads, too when I can get the chance. Very low carb. vegetable.

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sandybrown

We go for over ground veg, we try not to use carrots, leeks and spring onions!

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to sandybrown

This sounds good, sandybrown . Which 'over ground veg.' do you add to the salads that are low carb.? :-)

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sandybrown in reply to Activity2004

We use imported Sri Lankan green veg for salad. Murunga leaf, Valari, and ponangani.

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shahzam

I always take cucumber, reddish, Iceberg lettuce, tomatoes,olives,and red onion.

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to shahzam

Which size of tomatoes do you have for your salads?

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shahzam in reply to Activity2004

Medium size

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to shahzam

Do you use the entire tomato or just half until another meal/salad?

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shahzam in reply to shahzam

One tomato 🍅 in whole day. Half half.

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to shahzam

Thank you for letting us know.