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

psuLemon

I do the grilled chicken deluxe with extra pickles, granola parfait and a small strawberry milkshake.

WinoGelato

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

I don't even attempt to eat anything healthy there.. just stick with the spicy chicken sandwich and lemonade and keep it moving!

_John_

Grilled chicken sandwich and a cool wrap for me. And then a diet lemonade.

extra_medium

It would really depend on what you consider "healthy" and how you plan out the rest of your day/week.

peter56765

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

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

desy617

grill chicken sandwich with chick fila sauce extra lettuce no bun no fries

Espressocycle

They have grilled nuggets and salads, but come on, you know you want a classic sandwich and waffle fries.

Lourdesong

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

Number 1 with a diet lemonade. There is no substitute. Love me some Crack-fil-a!!!

enterdanger

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

Grilled chicken nuggets and a side salad. I get the avocado cucumber dressing and use sparingly, but it is soooo good.

WinoGelato

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

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

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:

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

Gisel2015

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

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.