Reasons to make the HG Bloomin Onion! READ THIS!

pmkelly409
pmkelly409 Posts: 1,646 Member
edited September 18 in Food and Nutrition
Flaw-some Blossom
If you're alive and breathing (and we assume you are if you're reading your email), you probably have the desire (every so often) to order one of those ginormous deep-fried onion thingees served at chain restaurants. The 2,710-calorie appetizer is freakishly tempting -- it's lurking at your local Chili's and goes by the name Awesome Blossom. (And though Outback Steakhouse doesn't make their nutritional stats public, we're guessing the Bloomin' Onion there is at least as bad.) But what did you expect? It's an onion that's been hacked wide open (exposing WAY too much surface area) and then battered and fried. Every nook and cranny of that ginormous thing is covered in oily batter! And there's always one nutty person at the table who insists on ordering it. But be careful, because even nibbling on 1/6th of that thing (which isn't very much at all) would set you back more than 450 calories and over 33 grams of fat (POINTS® value 11 *). Ahhhhhhh!!! The good news is that you can now whip up your very own diet-friendly version at home -- sauce and all. Yeee-haaaaaaa!

Serving Size: half an order (including half of the sauce)
Calories: 1,355 :noway:
Fat: 101.5g :noway:
Sodium: 3,180mg
Carbs: 97g
Fiber: 7.5g
Sugars: n.a.
Protein: 12g

POINTS® value 35*

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  • pmkelly409
    pmkelly409 Posts: 1,646 Member
    Flaw-some Blossom
    If you're alive and breathing (and we assume you are if you're reading your email), you probably have the desire (every so often) to order one of those ginormous deep-fried onion thingees served at chain restaurants. The 2,710-calorie appetizer is freakishly tempting -- it's lurking at your local Chili's and goes by the name Awesome Blossom. (And though Outback Steakhouse doesn't make their nutritional stats public, we're guessing the Bloomin' Onion there is at least as bad.) But what did you expect? It's an onion that's been hacked wide open (exposing WAY too much surface area) and then battered and fried. Every nook and cranny of that ginormous thing is covered in oily batter! And there's always one nutty person at the table who insists on ordering it. But be careful, because even nibbling on 1/6th of that thing (which isn't very much at all) would set you back more than 450 calories and over 33 grams of fat (POINTS® value 11 *). Ahhhhhhh!!! The good news is that you can now whip up your very own diet-friendly version at home -- sauce and all. Yeee-haaaaaaa!

    Serving Size: half an order (including half of the sauce)
    Calories: 1,355 :noway:
    Fat: 101.5g :noway:
    Sodium: 3,180mg
    Carbs: 97g
    Fiber: 7.5g
    Sugars: n.a.
    Protein: 12g

    POINTS® value 35*
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