How to Eat Healthy at Carl's Jr
It isn't easy eating healthy at a fast food joint. Carl's Jr.'s has a lot of tasty, fattening choices on their menu. Yet it is possible to eat healthy at Carl's Jr.'s. You just need to know the nutrition value of the food and be selective in what you order. Read on to learn how.
Instructions
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Eat the Charbroiled Chicken Salad which has 260 calories, 7g of fat and 16g of carbs. The most fattening salad on the menu is the Chipotle Chicken Salad served in a crispy tortilla shell bowl, which is 880 calories, 57g of fat and 51g of carbs and comes with a Chipotle dressing.
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Remove the croutons from your salad. If you do, you will save yourself an additional 70 calories, 3g of fat and 8g of carbs.
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Choose a fat-free salad dressing with your Charbroiled Chicken Salad. They have two fat-free choices available, the fat-free Italian with 15 calories and 4g of carbs per packet and and the fat-free French at 60 calories and 16g of carbs. They have one low-fat dressing which is the Balsamic at 35 calories, 2g of fat and 5g of carbs.
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Have your meal with a diet coke which has no calories, fat or carbs or unsweetened iced tea which has only five calories and no fat or carbs.
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Order the 6-piece chicken stars for the kids, which have 250 calories, 16g of fat and 14g of carbs. Substitute the side salad for the fries to make your child's meal more nutritional. The fries have 250 calories, 12g of fat and 32g of carbs for the kid's portion, and the salad has 50 calories, 3g fat and 5g of carbs. If you put a regular fatty dressing on your kid's salad, they are no better off than eating fries because the calorie, fat and carb content will be about the same if not more. So, use the fat-free dressings if they will eat it.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are ordering a burger, raise the nutrition value of your food and have the side salad with a fat-free salad dressing instead of fries. The side salad has 50 calories, 3g of fat and 5 carbs. If you remove the croutons, you will save yourself even more calories, fat and carbs. The large fries have 620 calories, 29g of fat and 80g of carbs.
The least fattening of the desserts is the Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake with 290 calories, 9g of fat and 30g of carbs. The desert item with the highest caloric, carb and fat content is the Hand Scooped Oreo cookie Ice Cream Malt at 790 calories, 39g of fat and 91g of carbs.
The most fattening salad dressing is the Blue Cheese Dressing with 320 calories, 34g of fat and 1 carb per packet. The House Dressing isn't much better at 220 calories, 22g of fat and 2g of carbs. These two should be avoided if you want to eat healthy.
The Double Six Dollar Burger is the most fattening thing on Carl Jr.'s menu at 1,522 calories, 110g if fat and 60g of carbs. If you had this sandwich with a large order of fries and a 21 oz regular Coke, you would ingest a whopping, 2,400 calories, 140g of fat and 211g of carbs.
Avoid eating at Carl Jr.'s in the morning if you want to eat healthy, as there are no nutritional items to choose from on their breakfast menu. If you must eat breakfast there, your best choice is the 5-piece French Toast Dips with 430 calories, 18g of fat and 58g of carbs and the worst is the Breakfast Burger with 830 calories, 47g of fat and 65g of carbs or the Loaded Breakfast Burrito at 820 calories, 51g of fat and 52g of carbs.
