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In an ideal world, you’d steer clear of greasy, high-fat takeout and pack yourself a perfectly balanced lunch to bring to work every day of the week. In the real world, brown bagging can be an extra hassle that you can’t always handle. Telle me about it … every night I get lazy preparing tomorrow’s lunch and end up opting for some extremely unhealthy -not to mention close to disgusting - lunch! anyway, thanks to fitness magazine, below is our guide to the healthiest sandwiches, soups, and salads at our favorite grab-and-go lunch spots - provided one is near you!
Best Salad: Shanghai Chicken Salad with Low-Fat Ginger Soy Dressing
295 calories
11 g fat, saturated fat amount unavailable
675 mg sodium
6 g fiber
27 g protein
Best Sandwich: Hummus & Fresh Veggies
432 calories
8 g fat, saturated fat amount unavailable
1,128 mg sodium
8 g fiber
13 g protein
Best Soup: Chicken Noodle, regular size
116 calories
4 g fat, saturated fat amount unavailable
818 mg sodium
1 g fiber
10 g protein
Worst Overall: Tuna Melt sandwich
1,012 calories
60 g fat, saturated amount fat unavailable
1,948 mg sodium
4 g fiber
64 g protein
Takeout Tip: Yes, the bread comes free with your soup or salad, but spring for an apple or bag of baby carrots instead. Each slice of Cosi’s famous bread adds 265 calories and 740 mg sodium to your meal
Best Salad: Steak Salad with Cranberries and Mandarin Oranges, Fat-Free Raspberry Vinaigrette
370 calories
7 g fat, 4 g saturated fat
590 mg sodium
7 g fiber
20 g protein
Best Sandwich: Fields and Feta Wrap
551 calories
16 g fat, 4 g saturated fat
880 mg sodium
14 g fiber
20 g protein
Best Soup: Jamaican Black Bean (Reduced Sodium, Low-Fat)
120 calories
1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat
310 mg sodium
17 g fiber
11 g protein
Worst Overall: Chicken Caesar Salad, Caesar Dressing
920 calories
60 g fat, 16 g saturated fat
1,640 mg sodium
4 g fiber
44 g protein
Takeout Tip: Although the Thai Chicken Salad sounds healthiest (just 140 calories and 2.5 g fat, half a gram of which is saturated), ordering the Thai Peanut Dressing to match more than doubles the calories, almost quadruples the fat, and doubles the saturated fat. Sodium also skyrockets from 470 mg to 1,650 mg total. Stick with “lite” or fat-free dressings.
