There are several tasty meals at the fast food chains with less than 500 calories and moderate amounts of salt, fat and saturated fat.
1. Breakfast: Fruit & Maple Oatmeal (McDonald’s)
(290 calories, 4.5g fat)
This fruit and Maple Oatmeal all-day-menu is loaded with red and green apples, cranberries and two varieties of raisins. It has two of the recommended three daily servings of whole grains and is a good source of calcium and iron. You can have it as is and save 30 calories by skipping the brown sugar.
2. Large Chili with side of Mandarin Oranges (Wendy’s)
(330 calories, 7g fat)
3. Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans (Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC))
(330 calories, 7g fat)
KFC offer a grilled chicken breast served with a side of vegetable like green beans and corn that packs low calories. A Kentucky Grilled Chicken Breast is 210 calories (with 7 grams of fat, 38 grams protein), and an individual side of green beans is only 25 calories. If you’re craving for the chain’s classic mashed potatoes (90 calories), don’t forget to order them without gravy to save calories and fat.
4. Breakfast: Egg & Cheese Muffin Melt and Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt (Subway)
(250 calories, 6g fat)
There a few options with this breakfast, (melt with egg whites 30 cal more), Black Forest ham, green peppers, American and Monterey Jack cheeses, and red onion stacked on an English muffin. Don’t forget to add or remove peppers, fresh tomatoes, spinach, or onions if you don’t like them. This meal comes with a side of Subway’s apple slices or yogurt.
5. Roasted tomatoes, mozzarella, spinach and basil pesto toasted focaccia (Starbucks)
(350 calories, 13g fat)
This roasted vegetable sandwich is stuffed with zucchini, eggplant, peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and baby spinach. Overall it packs 13g fat, 42g carbohydrate, 14g protein and 40 percent of daily required vitamin C.
