Chick-Fil-A, What do you like to order there that's healthy, tasting and filling?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,426 MFP Moderator
    edited December 2015
    I do the grilled chicken deluxe with extra pickles, granola parfait and a small strawberry milkshake.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    We are a family of four, Chik Fil A is our go to road trip meal: kids get 4 piece nuggets with fruit cups, I get the #1, wheat bun, no pickles with fries and a Diet Coke. Husband can't drink soda, so he gets the same sandwich as me and a water. The four of us split the order of waffle fries from my combo. If there are leftover nuggets, I eat those too!
  • wearmi1
    wearmi1 Posts: 291 Member
    I don't even attempt to eat anything healthy there.. just stick with the spicy chicken sandwich and lemonade and keep it moving!
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    Grilled chicken sandwich and a cool wrap for me. And then a diet lemonade.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    It would really depend on what you consider "healthy" and how you plan out the rest of your day/week.
  • peter56765
    peter56765 Posts: 352 Member
    xmichaelyx wrote: »
    realityfades wrote: »

    It's more than just calories, though. Eating fried food often leads to heart disease and that's been proven.

    This is false. There IS a correlation between fried foods and heart disease, but no study has shown (or even pretends to show) causation.

    It's not quite that black and white. Frying implies the use of fats in preparation. Consuming trans fats, in particular, has been shown to increase LDL levels which are in turn are a strong predictor of cardio vascular disease. Consuming saturated fats may also play a roll although much of the research is contradictory.

    Effect of animal and industrial trans fatty acids on HDL and LDL cholesterol levels in humans

    Intake of trans fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among women.

    Saturated fat controversy
  • Amerane
    Amerane Posts: 136 Member
    I usually go for their grilled market salad. It's got 2 servings of veg (mixed greens and NO ICEBERG LETTUCE), 1 serving of fruit, 3 oz grilled chicken, and it's only 120 calories minus the toppings and cheese. Add in half the packet of berry balsamic vinaigrette and you're looking at 175 calories for a pretty big salad. Plenty of reason to splurge for that iced lemonade :D
  • desy617
    desy617 Posts: 60 Member
    grill chicken sandwich with chick fila sauce extra lettuce no bun no fries
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    They have grilled nuggets and salads, but come on, you know you want a classic sandwich and waffle fries.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    Med waffle fries and chick-fil-a sauce.

    I don't desire much of anything else there, but I'm not really into ordering something as mundane as chicken at restaurants, anyway. But their fries and sauce are heaven and not too bad of a calorie hit for how satisfying and tasty these are.
  • ToxDocAR
    ToxDocAR Posts: 49 Member
    Number 1 with a diet lemonade. There is no substitute. Love me some Crack-fil-a!!!
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    I like the chicken tortilla soup with a greek yogurt parfait. Then I steal a bunch of my kids fries. You know what is really bad about chic-fil-a. You can turn back in the book from your kids meal and they will replace it with a free ice cream cone.
  • danarandallreed
    danarandallreed Posts: 132 Member
    Grilled chicken nuggets and a side salad. I get the avocado cucumber dressing and use sparingly, but it is soooo good.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I like the chicken tortilla soup with a greek yogurt parfait. Then I steal a bunch of my kids fries. You know what is really bad about chic-fil-a. You can turn back in the book from your kids meal and they will replace it with a free ice cream cone.

    Is this bad, or genius? While I am certainly an advocate of reading, we have plenty of books in our house and visit the library pretty regularly. I don't usually need the Chick Fil A freebies (or any other promo item that comes from a fast food place) in my house. Now that I know this, I think we may be partaking of more ice cream cones!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I see 2-3 posts mentioning "chick-fil-a sauce" - what sauce is it? Granted, I haven't been there in about a year, but I only recall them having dipping sauces like Polynesian, BBQ, honey mustard...and then regular condiments such as mustard & ketchup. I'm curious.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    seltzermint555 wrote: »
    I see 2-3 posts mentioning "chick-fil-a sauce" - what sauce is it? Granted, I haven't been there in about a year, but I only recall them having dipping sauces like Polynesian, BBQ, honey mustard...and then regular condiments such as mustard & ketchup. I'm curious.

    Heh, I actually have a packet of it in my fridge so I took a pic for you:9qp86pyqcuxb.jpeg

    I don't know what it is. Like a tangy somewhat spicy honey mayo dip or something.



  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,185 Member
    Nothing, I don't go there or to any other fast food place. The very few times that I went there (grand children's choice) I ordered a salad with chicken, but I found the bird way too salty for my taste, so I only ate the green stuff and I left hungry.
  • enterdanger
    enterdanger Posts: 2,447 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    enterdanger wrote: »
    I like the chicken tortilla soup with a greek yogurt parfait. Then I steal a bunch of my kids fries. You know what is really bad about chic-fil-a. You can turn back in the book from your kids meal and they will replace it with a free ice cream cone.

    Is this bad, or genius? While I am certainly an advocate of reading, we have plenty of books in our house and visit the library pretty regularly. I don't usually need the Chick Fil A freebies (or any other promo item that comes from a fast food place) in my house. Now that I know this, I think we may be partaking of more ice cream cones!

    Its only bad because I only hit the chic fil a on the way to the YMCA. Hard to run when I'm full of icecream.

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