NYC's best low-cal salads

Which low-cal salads make the lunchtime cut? By DANA SCHUSTER

With temps rising above 80 degrees in April, New Yorkers have even less time than expected to get in shape for summer weather. We hunted down some of Midtown’s leanest lunchtime salads — all fewer than 400 calories including dressing — and graded them based on taste, cost and nutrition. Take a look to see which are all they’re chopped up to be:

With temps rising above 80 degrees in April, New Yorkers have even less time than expected to get in shape for summer weather. We hunted down some of Midtown’s leanest lunchtime salads — all fewer than 400 calories including dressing — and graded them based on taste, cost and nutrition. Take a look to see which are all they’re chopped up to be:

FARMERS' MARKET SALAD FROM PRET A MANGER
360 calories
Ingredients: Avocado, garbanzo beans, Mediterranean lentil salad, pine nuts, shredded beets, shredded carrots, spinach, cherry tomatoes, roasted red peppers with balsamic or lemon shallot vinaigrette
Price: $6.89
Taste: Pret’s pre-packaged Farmer’s Market Salad tastes as good as it looks, with veggies hiding in every nook, from hunks of avocado to garbanzo beans. And all those flavorful ingredients mean you only need about half the container of vinaigrette to dress the salad.
Nutrition: Zuckerbrot gives this salad two thumbs up. “It has it all,” she says. “It’s packed with fiber, vitamins and minerals.” Up the protein, if you desire, by adding chicken or extra lentils.
Rating: A