Although cooking at home with fresh ingredients is often healthier than eating at restaurants, you can’t be blamed for eating out every once in a while. Here are the healthiest U.S. restaurant chains that you can eat at during your cheat night.
Panera Bread
In addition to featuring a health-conscious menu, this sandwich and soup shop has also banned a list of unhealthy ingredients from its menu, including high fructose corn syrup, lard, and FD&C artificial colors. Panera Bread also has a range of vegetarian options.
Mendocino Farms
What’s special about this restaurant chain is that it features a seasonal menu, meaning that the selection of food to choose from is constantly changing. One meal to check out is the Impossible Taco Salad, which contains 0 mg of cholesterol and only 14 grams of fat.
Cava
This Mediterranean eatery presents a mix-and-match option that allows you to build your own meal with all the ingredients you want. You can choose from authentic ingredients such as falafel, lamb, roasted eggplant, Greek yogurt, roasted red peppers, and tahini sauce.
