How to Eat Healthy at Applebee's

If your desire is to eat healthy when you dine out, Applebee's restaurant is the place for you. They have made it incredibly easy to make healthy choices and have a menu sectioned out just for that purpose. They have partnered with Weight Watchers to come up with some delicious meal choices and even give you the Weight Watchers points value for each item right on the menu. Read on to learn how to eat healthy at Applebee's.

Instructions

• 1

  Have the Weight Watchers Tortilla Chicken Melt as an appetizer if you are extra hungry, which is Chipotle-roasted chicken with reduced-fat cheeses and roasted vegetables on a wheat tortilla and has non-fat cilantro ranch dressing drizzled over the top with a side of salsa. This appetizer has a total of 480 calories, 13g of fat and 6g of fiber and is 10 Weight watcher points.

• 2

  Have a bowl of Onion Soup Au Gratin with the appetizer and make that your meal. The soup has 210 calories, 2g of fat and 7g of fiber with 4 Weight Watcher points.

• 3

  Order the Grilled Shrimp Skewer Salad if you would rather have a salad, which is shrimp skewers on a bed of mixed greens with a lemon herb vinaigrette. It has 210 calories, 2g of fat and 7g of fiber. With a value of 4 Weight Watcher points, it is among the least fattening thing on the menu.

• 4

  Substitute steamed broccoli, celery or applesauce for the French fries when ordering for your child from the kid's menu and save them about 400 calories, 15g of fat and 50g of carbs. If using the ranch dressing for dipping, use the low-fat dressing. When ordering an adult meal that comes with French fries, you should substitute with a salad or vegetables if you wish to eat healthy.

• 5

  Order the Italian Chicken and Portobello Sandwich for lunch which has 360 calories 6g of fat 11g of fiber and a value of 7 Weight Watcher points.

• 6

  Have the Chocolate Rasberry Layer Cake for dessert. This is a small piece of chocolate cake with a little powdered sugar and raspberry sauce. It has 230 calories, 3g of fat and 3g of fiber with 4 Weight Watcher points.