FRIDAY FARE: Healthy Eating Out!

Today, I found an article at Health.com, that talked about America's Top 10 Healthiest Choices for fast food restaurants. Here in Utah, we are able to go to 5 of the Top 10. Since we probably all eat out every once in a while, I thought I'd mention those 5 restaurants here - for your information. I've used parts of the reviews and the pictures from the article here:


#2 - JASON'S DELI
Thumbs Up: Devotion to organic food - 1/5 of all ingredients are organic. Creative salads. Ultrahealthy sandwiches. Whole wheat wraps.
Danger Zone: High sodium in some sandwiches
Locations: Salt Lake City, Orem, and Murray


#4 - NOODLES AND COMPANY
Thumbs Up: Only healthy soybean oil is used in sauteing. Whole grain linguine noodles. You choose what goes into your dish. Lean proteins and organic tofu are options.
Danger Zone: Desserts are very high in fat and calories.
Locations: Orem, Salt Lake City, and Draper


#6 - CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL
Thumbs Up: Buffet-style gives you complete control over ingredients. Organic homone-and-antibiotic-free meats. You can skip the high-carb tortilla with Burrito Bowls.
Danger Zone: Don't go wild on cheese and sour cream!
Locations: 2 in Salt Lake City, Cottonwood Heights


#8 - MCDONALDS
Thumbs Up: You can choose apple dippers instead of fries in the Happy Meal. Lowfat milk or juice instead of soda. Fries are cooked in Canola Oil. Grilled Chicken Wrap - only 270 calories.
Danger Zone: Super-sizing!
Locations: Just look around!


#9 - EINSTEIN BROS. BAGELS
Thumbs Up: Reduced fat schmears. Other toppings available - hummus and peanut butter. Good Grains bagel has 4 grams of fiber. Salads, and fruit salad.
Danger Zone: "Overstuffed" sandwiches high in calories.
Locations: Provo, Salt Lake City, Midvale

The other restaurants on the list, that are not located in Utah, are:

#1 - Panera Bread
#3 - Au Bon Pain
#5 - Corner Bakery Cafe
#7 - Atlanta Bread
#10 - Taco Del Mar

If you'd like to read the full article, go to:
Health.com