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Healthy Restaurant Finds
The Healthiest Options at Your Favorite Restaurants

It’s almost impossible to drive down the street today without being ambushed by a few themed restaurants and fast-food joints ready to throw a burger down your throat and ruin your best nutritional intentions. But in this ruthless wilderness, you can still discover some hidden healthy treasures.
Applebee’s
Low-POINT appetizers, desserts and entrees for dieters
Burger King
Chicken baguette sandwiches have just 350 cals and 5g fat.
Chili's
• "Guiltless Grill" selections are lower in fat and list nutritional information right on the menu.
Chipotle
Instead of Chicken Burrito (1179 calories, 47g fat), try a Burrito Bol w/chicken, minus the rice, cheese, and sour cream (369 calories, 12g fat).
Fazoli’s
You make your own pasta bowl, controlling the ingredients you want to include or eliminate.
You can also substitute whole wheat pasta.
Jack in the Box
Chicken Fajita Pita is filling with only 10 grams of fat. Leave the shredded cheese out and make it 3 grams.
Skipping the mayonnaise or mayonnaise-based sauces can skim 100 or more calories and 12 grams of fat. Or use the Low Fat Herb Mayonnaise, with only 4 grams of fat.
Olive Garden
Restaurant encourages you to choose whole wheat linguine with your pasta selection. Whole wheat pasta has three times more fiber and roughly 17% fewer carbohydrates than traditional pasta.
Outback
Order Grilled Shrimp on the Barbie without butter and seasonings and with cocktail or BBQ sauce.
Try Tangy Tomato (fat free), Mustard Vinaigrette, Olive Oil & Red Wine Vinegar dressings.
Order Grillers without butter or glaze during preparation.
Order Outback Lamb without sauce.
Order Chicken on the Barbie without butter. Request BBQ sauce to be used during preparation.
For Botany Fish of the Day and Salmon, order with cocktail sauce or fresh lemon instead of Remoulade Sauce.
For Barbie Chook ‘n Bacon , order prepared without butter or bbq sauce, and without the bacon and cheese.
Panera Bread
The Strawberry Poppy Seed Salad is a seasonal favorite.
Pei Wei
Edemame (2 servings per dish) 102 calories, 3 grams fat
Wonton Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 36 calories, 0.5 grams fat
Hot & Sour Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 49 calories, 1.6 grams fat
Vietnamese Chicken Salad Rolls (2 servings per dish) 154 calories, 3.3 grams fat
Pizza Hut
Fit N Delicious Pizza (less cheese, more sauce) as little as 3.5 g fat per slice.
Red Lobster
When ordering a baked potato, try pico de gallo sauce instead of butter and sour cream.
Low fat, low calorie and low carb diners can find options in the Light House Selections menu.
Schlotzky’s
Zesty Albacore Tuna Wrap has only 311 calories and 7g fat.
Chinese Chicken Salad has only 127 calories and 3g fat.
Fresh Fruit Salad has only 123 calories and 1g fat.
Sweet Tomatoes
Several vegetarian menu options, including salads, soups, pastas.
Low-fat menu items and fresh fruit desserts are also available.
Taco Bell
Order entrée “fresco style” meaning salsa instead of cheese and sauce, saving about 25% of calories and fat.
Tacone

A host of healthy menu options are available from this restaurant chain, with complete nutritional information available online.
Wendy’s
Grilled chicken without mayo has just 310 calories 8 grams of fat.
Zoe’s Kitchen
Grilled Chicken Pita No.1 (chicken and Zoe's slaw on pita bread) and a side of fresh fruit. Only about 400 calories.

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  • icandoit
    icandoit Posts: 4,163 Member
    Options
    Healthy Restaurant Finds
    The Healthiest Options at Your Favorite Restaurants

    It’s almost impossible to drive down the street today without being ambushed by a few themed restaurants and fast-food joints ready to throw a burger down your throat and ruin your best nutritional intentions. But in this ruthless wilderness, you can still discover some hidden healthy treasures.
    Applebee’s
    Low-POINT appetizers, desserts and entrees for dieters
    Burger King
    Chicken baguette sandwiches have just 350 cals and 5g fat.
    Chili's
    • "Guiltless Grill" selections are lower in fat and list nutritional information right on the menu.
    Chipotle
    Instead of Chicken Burrito (1179 calories, 47g fat), try a Burrito Bol w/chicken, minus the rice, cheese, and sour cream (369 calories, 12g fat).
    Fazoli’s
    You make your own pasta bowl, controlling the ingredients you want to include or eliminate.
    You can also substitute whole wheat pasta.
    Jack in the Box
    Chicken Fajita Pita is filling with only 10 grams of fat. Leave the shredded cheese out and make it 3 grams.
    Skipping the mayonnaise or mayonnaise-based sauces can skim 100 or more calories and 12 grams of fat. Or use the Low Fat Herb Mayonnaise, with only 4 grams of fat.
    Olive Garden
    Restaurant encourages you to choose whole wheat linguine with your pasta selection. Whole wheat pasta has three times more fiber and roughly 17% fewer carbohydrates than traditional pasta.
    Outback
    Order Grilled Shrimp on the Barbie without butter and seasonings and with cocktail or BBQ sauce.
    Try Tangy Tomato (fat free), Mustard Vinaigrette, Olive Oil & Red Wine Vinegar dressings.
    Order Grillers without butter or glaze during preparation.
    Order Outback Lamb without sauce.
    Order Chicken on the Barbie without butter. Request BBQ sauce to be used during preparation.
    For Botany Fish of the Day and Salmon, order with cocktail sauce or fresh lemon instead of Remoulade Sauce.
    For Barbie Chook ‘n Bacon , order prepared without butter or bbq sauce, and without the bacon and cheese.
    Panera Bread
    The Strawberry Poppy Seed Salad is a seasonal favorite.
    Pei Wei
    Edemame (2 servings per dish) 102 calories, 3 grams fat
    Wonton Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 36 calories, 0.5 grams fat
    Hot & Sour Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 49 calories, 1.6 grams fat
    Vietnamese Chicken Salad Rolls (2 servings per dish) 154 calories, 3.3 grams fat
    Pizza Hut
    Fit N Delicious Pizza (less cheese, more sauce) as little as 3.5 g fat per slice.
    Red Lobster
    When ordering a baked potato, try pico de gallo sauce instead of butter and sour cream.
    Low fat, low calorie and low carb diners can find options in the Light House Selections menu.
    Schlotzky’s
    Zesty Albacore Tuna Wrap has only 311 calories and 7g fat.
    Chinese Chicken Salad has only 127 calories and 3g fat.
    Fresh Fruit Salad has only 123 calories and 1g fat.
    Sweet Tomatoes
    Several vegetarian menu options, including salads, soups, pastas.
    Low-fat menu items and fresh fruit desserts are also available.
    Taco Bell
    Order entrée “fresco style” meaning salsa instead of cheese and sauce, saving about 25% of calories and fat.
    Tacone

    A host of healthy menu options are available from this restaurant chain, with complete nutritional information available online.
    Wendy’s
    Grilled chicken without mayo has just 310 calories 8 grams of fat.
    Zoe’s Kitchen
    Grilled Chicken Pita No.1 (chicken and Zoe's slaw on pita bread) and a side of fresh fruit. Only about 400 calories.

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