Eating out guilt free can be rough, so I'm always on the lookout for new choices. Wether it's breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner...I get excited about new places that post nutrition facts publicly and/or feature light menu options. Here are two new finds with healthy choices:
Breakfast/Brunch: Dream Cafe
http://www.thedreamcafe.com
Location: Addison and Downtown
The dream cafe is technically open all day, but since I LOVED their brunch, I'm featuring it. What's awesome about their menu is that you can order from the heathly choice options, or create your own meal with lots of guilt free swaps.
Their Weekend Bunch healthy menu options include an Oatmeal Bowl with bananas, currants, pecans and brown sugar, a Granola Bowl with strawberries, bananas and vanilla yogurt, and their "Way to Condition"
meal which includes a cup of oatmeal with bananas, pecans and currants, scrambled egg whites, sliced tomatoes, and vegetarian sausage... Yum!
While these choice are great... I feel oatmeal can be a waste of calories sometimes. Instead, I ordered the delicious "Strap Hanger" with Two eggs, sub for egg whites, a fruit cup substituted as the side, whole wheat toast (with strawberry butter- worth the splurge!) and vegetarian sausage. Estimated calorie count: 430 calories!
*see pictured
Heading to the cafe for a different meal? The lunch and dinner menu features a "smart choices" section with grilled chicken options featuring fresh veggies and black beans in a salad and a stir fry with brown rice- yum! See the full menu on their website.
Lunch/Dinner: Pollo Tropical
http://pollotropical.com
Location: Addison and coming soon to Frisco
I was super intrigued by the fun-looking building and outdoor patio in Addison, so I was stoked to find out they also had a light menu with five meals under 510 calories.
The Pollo Tropical Tropical Lite Menu lineup includes:
-Tropical Citrus Chicken Salad: citrus-marinated grilled chicken with a mango poppyseed dressing and fresh lettuce. Only 360 calories.
-Grilled Chicken Breast with Yellow Rice, Vegetables & Balsamic Tomatoes. I order this (see pictured) and loved it! Only 430 calories!
- Chicken Caesar Wrap & Caribbean Soup for only 480 calories!
-Quarter Citrus-Marinated Grilled Chicken paired with a Tropical Citrus Salad topped with a Mango Poppy Seed dressing for only 510 calories.
-The Tropichop with half brown rice, half romaine lettuce, chicken, onions, peppers, diced tomatoes and only 340 calories!
In my meal, the chicken was juicy and flavorful, the tomatoes were yummy and the yellow rice with veggies was filling and tasty. Love it!
I highly recommend this meal. I can't wait for the Frisco location to open near my work!
Keep reading my blog for new food finds and recipes to keep to guilt free!
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