Applebees Has 500 Calorie and Under Meals
I must say, I’m not personally a huge fan of the Applebees chain of restaurants, but I have to give them kudos for being one of the only chains that offer lower calories options that don’t make you want to run for the more “exciting” menu options of burgers and fries when you get a load of their descriptions.
They are Weight Watcher’s approved, and all are 500 calories or less, which is ideally what just about everyone should be sticking to for their meals, especially at dinner time when most of your calories aren’t going to be burned off any more for the rest of the day.
My husband’s brother actually works out of town most of the time, and Applebees is one of this favorite choices because they offer these tasty, nutritious and calorie appropriate meals. He’s super body and health conscious, so these meals are a pleasant surprise, especially from a chain, to those that are health conscious.
Among the menu choices are light fish that are grilled and seasoned, an herb and garlic chicken breast dish, a mexican style fajita type of roll if you’re wanting naughty mexican but want to be nice to your thighs, an onion soup with cheese, and a few other tempting sounding dishes. It’s refreshing that they offer hearty meals that are actually hot instead of just the plain old salads that many other places offer to satisfy their dieters.
All of the 500 calorie and under meals come with generous portions of low cal, high fiber and vitamin content veggies too. This is a great way to fill up with out overloading on calories. I recommend the loading up on veggies strategy to anyone, whether you’re out enjoying a meal or cooking at home. Your meals should ideally be about 2/3 veggies and 1/3 meat and/or starch (your “main dish”).
There’s just something that is more satisfying about an actual hot meal I guess, so these are better for helping you to feel good about what you ate when you’re leaving a restaurant where there are a ton of BAAAAAD choices. And, on the flip side, by the way, if you’re ever at Applebees and you’re in a naughty mood, and you want a dessert that is postively to die for (I know, who’d have thought it, at a chain restaurant no less), try this Maple drizzled blondie.
It’s a warmed up blondie (a cake-cookie like vanilla baked good) with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, and a side of this absolutely amazing maple cream sauce (also hot). It is TO DIE FOR. Of course it’s not low calorie – not even close, like I said, it’s only if you’re in the mood to indulge. And I highly recommend you split it or else you’ll want to throw up you’ll be so full.
