Every Tuesday, KidGlue presents “Healthy Pick/Makes Me Sick” where Sarah Matheny takes a popular restaurant’s menu and uncovers the most healthy and least healthy items on the menu. This week: Panda Express.
Maybe you’ll be lured into the Panda Express in the Food Court to taste that Orange Chicken sample while Christmas shopping. Maybe, in A Christmas Story fashion, you’ll even end up having Chinese food for Christmas Eve dinner. In any case, you should be prepared, because though “the Panda” maybe be quick, it’s not always the healthiest.
Makes Me Sick: Orange Chicken w/Rice
This meal of deep fried dark meat with a corn syrup sauce atop white starch, not surprisingly has 820 calories, 20 grams fat and 135 grams of carbs. Clearly you should stop with that sample.
Healthy Pick: Broccoli Chicken w/Mixed Veggies
For about a quarter of the calories (250 versus 820), you can still get your chicken and some veggies too. You’ll still get a fortune cookie, but you won’t have blown your calorie allowance for the day. Just don’t think this entitles you to a Cinnabon while you’re in that Food Court.
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