Summer is nearly officially here and you are already looking so hot/buff in your bikini/board-shorts that you almost feel sorry for all the hearts you will be breaking...though not quite. Thus, to stay mean and lean sometimes you are going to want a nice healthy salad to get you through the day. However you are no rabbit and need more than leaves and carrots. You need some protein in that salad to keep your glutes/pecs/quads buff from your weight/Pilate's/yoga/swim workout.The following are some of the better, tastier ones I've found. Now please keep in mind I'm not Jenny Craig nor am I weighing what I should be watching, so these are not the lowest calorie least fattening necessarily.
The Octopus Salad at Rubirosa is one of my favorite new dishes altogether. Delicious octopus with fava beans, mini potatoes, olives, and the now not-so-secret ingredient of mint, make this a winner. I supplement this with a slice of their Vodka pizza (this may explain why I don't have so much a situation for a waistline, but more of a dilemma).
At L'Asso, the Arugula Salad is loaded with, pear, pancetta, candied walnuts (amazing!), ricotta salata in a white wine vinegar and honey drizzle. Add chicken for $3 to turbocharge it (the salad in the picture is their Pianura).
The Aroma Special is a combo of mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, hard-boiled egg, black olives, and your choice of tuna or feta cheese (get it with the tuna). Have a cup of their really good coffee to rev you up (plus it comes with a piece of chocolate to calm down your sweet tooth).
The Carpaccio Di Salmone Affumicato E Melo at Epistrophy consists of smoked salmon, arugula, apples, black pepper and parmigiano cheese in extra virgin olive oil. Epistrophy always has a very good-looking crowd, many of them being thin and yoga-lean pretty girls. I mention this because portion wise, the food is geared more towards their caloric needs then mine.
For those of you who like a little beef with your greens check out the Ensalada Novecento made up of grilled skirt steak (Novecento is Argentinian after all), French fries, baby mixed greens, avocado, and capped with a raspberry balsamic vinaigrette (Full disclosure: If I come here I'm not getting a salad. I go for their prix fixe lunch and get the Entrana and Fries for my main while starting with the spinach (see green!) and cheese empanadas. Now can you see my dilemma?.
At Felix the Le Steak Tartare (I get it spicy) comes with French fries and salad. You can request no fries, double salad, thus a large salad with raw beef and egg for protein (I might not have been the best person to write a piece on salads come to think of it) You of course could go with one of their two versions (seared fresh tuna or a la canned) of the Nicoise salad.
Most of the salads listed above average between $15 to $20 and come with bread, fresh no calorie NY State mountain spring water (or tap for short) and of course great service.
Rubirosa: 235 Mulberry St., bet. Spring & Prince Sts.
L'asso: 192 Mott St., at Kenmare St.
Aroma: 145 Greene St., at W. Houston St.
Epistrophy: 200 Mott St., bet. Spring & Kenmare St.
Novocentro: 343 West Broadway, near Grand St.
Felix: 340 West Broadway, at Grand St.
The Octopus Salad at Rubirosa is one of my favorite new dishes altogether. Delicious octopus with fava beans, mini potatoes, olives, and the now not-so-secret ingredient of mint, make this a winner. I supplement this with a slice of their Vodka pizza (this may explain why I don't have so much a situation for a waistline, but more of a dilemma).
At L'Asso, the Arugula Salad is loaded with, pear, pancetta, candied walnuts (amazing!), ricotta salata in a white wine vinegar and honey drizzle. Add chicken for $3 to turbocharge it (the salad in the picture is their Pianura).
The Aroma Special is a combo of mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, hard-boiled egg, black olives, and your choice of tuna or feta cheese (get it with the tuna). Have a cup of their really good coffee to rev you up (plus it comes with a piece of chocolate to calm down your sweet tooth).
The Carpaccio Di Salmone Affumicato E Melo at Epistrophy consists of smoked salmon, arugula, apples, black pepper and parmigiano cheese in extra virgin olive oil. Epistrophy always has a very good-looking crowd, many of them being thin and yoga-lean pretty girls. I mention this because portion wise, the food is geared more towards their caloric needs then mine.
For those of you who like a little beef with your greens check out the Ensalada Novecento made up of grilled skirt steak (Novecento is Argentinian after all), French fries, baby mixed greens, avocado, and capped with a raspberry balsamic vinaigrette (Full disclosure: If I come here I'm not getting a salad. I go for their prix fixe lunch and get the Entrana and Fries for my main while starting with the spinach (see green!) and cheese empanadas. Now can you see my dilemma?.
At Felix the Le Steak Tartare (I get it spicy) comes with French fries and salad. You can request no fries, double salad, thus a large salad with raw beef and egg for protein (I might not have been the best person to write a piece on salads come to think of it) You of course could go with one of their two versions (seared fresh tuna or a la canned) of the Nicoise salad.
Most of the salads listed above average between $15 to $20 and come with bread, fresh no calorie NY State mountain spring water (or tap for short) and of course great service.
Rubirosa: 235 Mulberry St., bet. Spring & Prince Sts.
L'asso: 192 Mott St., at Kenmare St.
Aroma: 145 Greene St., at W. Houston St.
Epistrophy: 200 Mott St., bet. Spring & Kenmare St.
Novocentro: 343 West Broadway, near Grand St.
Felix: 340 West Broadway, at Grand St.
