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How to Eat Healthy at Fast Food Chains: Ranking the Best Restaurants and Menu Choices
It's hard to consider fast food healthy, but the options do exist. Not only are there casual and fast food restaurants that mainly offer healthy options, but there are also unhealthy fast food shops with a healthy side.
Really, the decision to eat healthy lies with you. While you could order a burger and fries at a fast food spot like McDonald's, you could also opt for fruit or salad from the same spot.
Still, some places make the decision easy for you by only providing nutritious options. Ready to learn about them? For this article, we used food and nutrition sources online to rank healthy options. We've also listed three popular healthy dishes under each restaurant. They are all relatively low in calories and high in protein.
Click through the slideshow for the healthiest chain restaurants and their best dishes.
Panera Bread
- Garden Avocado & Egg White Sandwich
- Mediterranean Veggie Sandwich
- Greek Yogurt with Mixed Berries Parfait
Just Salad
- Honey Crispy Chicken Salad
- Earth Bowl
- Edamame Crunch Bowl
Chipotle
- Steak Burrito
- Carnitas Bowl
- Chipotle Honey Chicken Salad
Chick-fil-A
- Grilled Chicken Nuggets
- Market Salad
- Kale Crunch
Salad and Go
- Tuscan Summer Salad
- Roasted Autumn Salad
- Fajita Wrap
Panda Express
- Power Packed Plate
- Double Protein Plate
- Protein and Fiber Plate
Sweetgreen
- Peach + Goat Cheese Salad
- Miso Glazed Salmon Protein Plate
- Hummus Crunch Salad
Cava
- Falafel Crunch Bowl
- Greek Salad
- Steak + Harissa Bowl
Noodles & Company
- Basil Pesto Cavatappi
- Greek Goddess Chicken Cobb Salad
- Lemon Garlic Shrimp Scampi
Subway
- The Philly Steak & Cheese Protein Bowl
- Homestyle Chicken Salad Wrap
- The Beast Salad
Veggie Grill
- Citrus Herbed Chik’n Protein Plate
- Buddha Brunch Bowl
- Peachy Passion Pride Smoothie
Freshii
- Sesame Crunch Salad
- Teriyaki Twiist Bowl
- Kale Caesar Wrap