How to Find Healthy Food at Downtown Disney

If you're spending the day at Downtown Disney, there are almost 20 dining destinations to choose from. Downtown Disney offers an assortment of themed restaurants and food carts with delicious offerings, but if you're trying to watch your weight and eat healthy, there are only a few places to choose from. Here's how to eat healthy at Downtown Disney in Orlando.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Map of Downtown Disney
• Snacks for the day

1. Enjoy The Caprese sandwich at The Earl of Sandwich. This gourmet sandwich restaurant features over a dozen different types of sandwiches, but this one doesn't contain high-fat ingredients. It's made with fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, and fresh basil with a balsamic vinaigrette.

2. Enjoy the Spicy Chicken Penne pasta dish at Wolfgang Puck's Cafe. It's a simple mix of penne pasta, chili flakes, spinach and sundried tomatoes.

3. Order the Penne, Chicken and Brocolli entree at Planet Hollywood. This entree is one of the healthier entrees on the menu, and features grilled chicken, fresh brocolli and penne pasta; order yours with marinara sauce instead of the creamy garlic sauce to make it extra-healthy.

4. Order the Seared Tuna entree at Fulton's Crab House. You'll dig into a pan-seared tuna filet covered in a thyme crust and served with a seaweed salad.

5. Enjoy the Meatless Burger at the Rainforest Cafe. It's a healthy mix of brown rice and vegetables, topped with tomatoes, onions, and fresh spinach. It's served with a spicy Safari sauce, and you can order the Paradise House Salad on the side.

6. Order the Grilled Chicken Breast sandwich at Food Quest in DisneyQuest. It's a simple grilled chicken sandwich topped with lettuce, tomato, and onion; order it without mayo to keep it healthy.

7. Enjoy the Grilled Marinated Portobello Mushroom Sandwich at Cap'n Jack's Restaurant. It's served on multigrain bread with a side of Napa cabbage slaw to make a complete meal.

Tips & Warnings

• Eat a healthy breakfast early in the day to stave off hunger.
• Pack a few snacks to keep up your energy between meals.
• Skip calorie-laden dressings and sandwich fillings by requesting dressing and sauces on the side.
• Many salads are made with mayonnaise-based dressing; be sure to ask ahead for an ingredients list.

Resources

• Downtown Disney Website

[StoneRuby]

on 12/15/2008 Hello,
There have been several families that have raised issues about HEALTHY eating @ DISNEYWORLD. Whom do we contact about the posibilites of a RAW FOOD Restaurant, Juice Bars, and an ORGANIC eatery or two. It seems unrealistic to have an attraction so massive, that no consideration has been made for certain sectors of the public that wants or HAS to eat healthy without carrying a BAG of HEALTHY FOOD !!!
Please direct us to the proper personnel to assist in launching a responsible/healthy way of eating @ DISNEY !!!

SINCERELY,
Pamela Osborne @ Affiliates @

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