10 Surprising Ways You’re Destroying Your Salads

OTHER ‘CRUNCHIES’

Croutons are a “crunchy” in their own category since they are so ubiquitous in the salad genre. The other “crunchies” that I’m talking about are what’s trying to edge out croutons as the king of salad crunchies: fried tortilla strips, candied nuts, crispy onions, crunchy wonton strips and more. Just like with croutons, they’re basically adding empty calories. Add a crunch that’s more nutritious and lower in calories like jicama.