Cosi Salads, a Lesson in Preparation

[killerbombshell]

A friend of mine really enjoys eating Cosi Ceasar salads every day for lunch. Now granted, he's a really skinny dude but he finally got around to checking out the nutrition facts. A chicken ceasar salad is what I would consider a 'safe' option if I were to eat out. Check out the following conversation we just had:

(17:01:24) mark: 340 calories, 16g fat, 21carbs, 33 protein, 72 chol, 741 sodium, 3g fiber
(17:01:32) mark: just for the salad
(17:01:32) kipp: that's not bad
(17:01:35) kipp: decently low cal
(17:01:43) mark: they list the dressing separate
(17:02:11) mark: 301 cal, 32g fat, 2g carbs, 2g protein, 77 chol, 193 sod, 0g fib
(17:02:56) mark: for caesar dressing
(17:03:21) mark: 265 cal, 3g fat, 49g carbs, 9g protein, 0 chol, 740 sod, 3g fier
(17:03:24) mark: for the flatbread
(17:05:20) mark: 906 cal, 51g fat, 72g carbs, 44g protein, 149mg chol, 934mg sodium, 6g fiber
(17:05:40) kipp: yeah that is not healthy
(17:09:47) mark: DOUBLE WHOPPER® With Cheese Sandwich 64g fat
(17:10:05) kipp: almost as much fat as a double whopper with cheese?
(17:10:07) kipp: that's insane
(17:10:29) mark: French Fries - King (Salted) 33g fat
(1720) mark: 194 cal for fries, 394 cal for whopper jr
(17:13:02) mark: i could have a medium or large fry and a whopper jr and have less fat and half the calories as this salad

I think a lot of the carbs in the salad are for the croutons. But still! That is a heck of a lot of fat and sodium especially just for one stupid salad.