Healthy Restaurant Finds

The Healthiest Options at Your Favorite Restaurants

-- By SparkPeople

• Low-POINT appetizers, desserts and entrees for dieters

• Chicken baguette sandwiches have just 350 cals and 5g fat.

• • "Guiltless Grill" selections are lower in fat and list nutritional information right on the menu.

• 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).

• You make your own pasta bowl, controlling the ingredients you want to include or eliminate.
• You can also substitute whole wheat pasta.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• The Strawberry Poppy Seed Salad is a seasonal favorite.

• Edemame (2 servings per dish) 156 calories, 8 grams fat
• Wonton Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 110 calories, 1.5 grams fat
• Hot & Sour Soup (cup, multiply by 2 for a bowl) 150 calories, 9 grams fat
• Vietnamese Chicken Salad Rolls (3 servings per dish) 80 calories, 4 grams fat

• Fit N Delicious Pizza (less cheese, more sauce) as little as 3.5 g fat per slice.

• 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.

• 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.

• Several vegetarian menu options, including salads, soups, pastas.
• Low-fat menu items and fresh fruit desserts are also available.

• Order entrée “fresco style” meaning salsa instead of cheese and sauce, saving about 25% of calories and fat.

• A host of healthy menu options are available from this restaurant chain, with complete nutritional information available online.

• Grilled chicken without mayo has just 310 calories 8 grams of fat.

• Grilled Chicken Pita No.1 (chicken and Zoe's slaw on pita bread) and a side of fresh fruit. Only about 400 calories.