"Fast. Fresh. Italian." That is the motto of Fazoli's, an Italian family style restaurant with 315 locations in 31 states. If you follow these steps, you can make smart choices when dining at Fazoli's and enjoy Italian food that is also good for you.
Instructions
Go Low Calorie
1. Select a salad. Fazoli's Chicken and Fruit salad only has 220 calories, and their Chicken BLT Ranch salad only has 270 calories.
2. Order a Panini. The Grilled Chicken Panini has 440 calories, and the Four Cheese & Tomato Panini has 500 calories.
3. Choose a small pasta bowl. The small spaghetti, penne, or fettuccine with marinara sauce each have only 450 calories. The small ziti with meat sauce only has 480.
4. Combine a slice of pizza and a side salad. The Cheese Pizza is 270 calories a slice and the pepperoni is 310 calories a slice. You can combine one slice with a Garden Side Salad at 25 calories or a Caesar Side Salad at 40 calories.
5. Split a piece of Fazoli's Original Cheesecake. At 290 calories a slice, it is the lowest calorie desert on the menu.
Go Low Carb
6. Pick a Salad. The Chicken BLT Ranch has only 13 carbs, and the Chicken and Fruit Salad has 28.
7. Combine a slice of pizza at 31 carbs with a side salad at 4 carbs.
8. Order toppings by themselves. An order of meatballs contains only 6 carbs and the Peppery Chicken or the Garlic Shrimp each have only 1 carb. The topping with the highest amount of carbs is the Broccoli and Tomatoes at only 7 carbs.
9. Try the lowest carb pasta on the menu, the Meat Lasagna at 43 carbs.
Go Low Fat
10. Have a Salad. The Chicken and Fruit salad only has 1.5 grams of fat. All of the salad dressings have 4 grams of fat or less.
11. Choose a Pasta Bowl. The small spaghetti, penne, or fettuccine with marinara sauce each only have 2.5 grams of fat. Upgrade to a regular size and it still only has 4 grams of fat.
12. Try a Grilled Chicken Panini for only 8 grams of fat.
13. Enjoy the Lemon Ice Drinks with no fat.
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