How to Eat Healthy at Hometown Buffet

Like many fast-food restaurants, Hometown Buffet offers menu items that address the health preferences of its customers. Using the following guide, you can find the foods that are best for you and your dietary requirements.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Have an entrée. There are several entrées you can enjoy that have less than 100 calories, including Beef Liver and Onions, Hand Breaded Fried Chicken Drumstick, Traditional Baked Chicken Drumstick, a Poached Egg, a Turkey Hot Dog, a Hot Wing and Teriyaki Chicken Wings. The items with the most calories are BBQ Beef Ribs (300 calories, 23 grams fat), Hand Breaded Fried Chicken Breast (310 calories, 16 grams fat) and Country BBQ Chicken Breast (300 calories, 12 grams fat).
2. Add a side. Green Beans, Green Beans Greco, and Vegetable Stir Fry are all less than 25 calories with negligble fat content. The Jo Jo Potatoes and the Spinach Marie contain 219 calories and 15 and 17 grams of fat, respectively.
3. Pick a soup. The Navy Bean Soup has 50 calories and less than 1 gram of fat, and the Chicken Noodle and Chicken Rice soups have 70 calories and 2 and 1.5 grams of fat. The New England Clam Chowder has 300 calories and 12 grams of fat.
4. Choose a salad. You can make a salad with Spring Mix lettuce or Tossed Green Salad, Julienne Carrots, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Sliced Mushrooms Pepperoncini, Sliced Red Onions and Spinach Leaves for only 28 calories and 5 grams of fat--if you eliminate the carrots it will be 0 grams of fat. The Seafood Salad has the most calories with 310 and 26 grams of fat.
5. Eat some fruit. All the fruit items except grapes have 30 or fewer calories per spoonful and 0 grams of fat. The grapes have 60 calories and 0 grams of fat.
6. Enjoy a dessert. The Chocolate or Vanilla Reduced Sugar and Calorie Puddings contain only 70 calories and 1 gram of fat. The Pumpkin Pie has 270 calories and 9 grams of fat.