How to Eat Healthy at Applebee's

If your desire is to eat healthy when you dine out, Applebee's restaurant is the place for you. They have made it incredibly easy to make healthy choices and have a menu sectioned out just for that purpose. They have partnered with Weight Watchers to come up with some delicious meal choices and even give you the Weight Watchers points value for each item right on the menu. Read on to learn how to eat healthy at Applebee's.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Have the Weight Watchers Tortilla Chicken Melt as an appetizer if you are extra hungry, which is Chipotle-roasted chicken with reduced-fat cheeses and roasted vegetables on a wheat tortilla and has non-fat cilantro ranch dressing drizzled over the top with a side of salsa. This appetizer has a total of 480 calories, 13g of fat and 6g of fiber and is 10 Weight watcher points.

2. Have a bowl of Onion Soup Au Gratin with the appetizer and make that your meal. The soup has 210 calories, 2g of fat and 7g of fiber with 4 Weight Watcher points.

3. Order the Grilled Shrimp Skewer Salad if you would rather have a salad, which is shrimp skewers on a bed of mixed greens with a lemon herb vinaigrette. It has 210 calories, 2g of fat and 7g of fiber. With a value of 4 Weight Watcher points, it is among the least fattening thing on the menu.

4. Substitute steamed broccoli, celery or applesauce for the French fries when ordering for your child from the kid's menu and save them about 400 calories, 15g of fat and 50g of carbs. If using the ranch dressing for dipping, use the low-fat dressing. When ordering an adult meal that comes with French fries, you should substitute with a salad or vegetables if you wish to eat healthy.

5. Order the Italian Chicken and Portobello Sandwich for lunch which has 360 calories 6g of fat 11g of fiber and a value of 7 Weight Watcher points.

6. Have the Chocolate Rasberry Layer Cake for dessert. This is a small piece of chocolate cake with a little powdered sugar and raspberry sauce. It has 230 calories, 3g of fat and 3g of fiber with 4 Weight Watcher points.

Tips & Warnings

• Order Steak and Portobellos if steak is what you crave. This meal is a flame-grilled sirloin with Portobello mushrooms smothered in gravy with a side of herb potatoes and steamed vegetables. It has 330 calories, 10g of fat and 8g of fiber with 7 Weight Watcher points.
• There are several Weight Watchers entrée choices on the Applebee's menu, each labeled with its Weight Watchers point value.
• Avoid eating the Steak Fajitas with Flour Tortillas if you wish to eat healthy. This item is 1,530 calories, 50g of fat and 176g of carbs and is among the most fattening thing on the Applebee's menu. The Riblet Basket And French Fries isn't any better and comes in at 1,500 calories, 100g of fat and 85g of carbs.
• Don't order the Sizzling Apple Pie With Ice Cream if you want to keep calories and fat grams down. It has 763 calories, 52g of fat and 72g of carbs.

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Resources

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on 4/17/2009 It's great to know there are healthy menu choices at Applebees. This will definitely help dieters enjoy dining out while sticking to their diet.