About a year back, I found the cinnamon crunch bagels
About a year back, I found the cinnamon crunch bagels at Panera Bread. Delicious yes, low calorie, no. Yet, despite its offerings of scrumptious pastries, rich coffee drinks and high calorie bagels, you will find several healthy options at Panera Bread. Organic yogurt, natural chicken and high protein dishes make eating at restaurants both healthy and fun. Here are my picks for the healthiest choices at Panera Bread. Scmnewline Zero Fat Strawberry Smoothie with Ginseng
This smoothie is created out of organic low fat yogurt, strawberry puree and ginseng. This super smoothie has 260 calories, one and a half grams of fat, five mg cholesterol, six grams of protein and 130 percent of the daily value of Vitamin C.
Asian Sesame Chicken Salad
This salad contains chopped romaine lettuce, fresh cilantro, crispy wonton strips, almonds, hulled sesame and all natural citrus and pepper chicken. With a half piece of reduced sugar Asian sesame vinaigrette, this salad has 355 calories, sixteen grams of fat and thirtyone grams of protein. The crispy wonton strips account for 140 of the 355 calories and six of the sixteen grams of fat. Therefore, if you would live without the wonton strips, save some more calories and fat grams.
Bread
Take home a loaf of Panera's delicious, fresh bread. For each 2-ounce serving, the whole grain bread has 130 calories and one gram of fat. In addition, it has three grams of dietary fiber and six grams of protein. Another great option could be the threecheese loaf with 140 calories per two ounce serving and two grams of fat. These two breads have eight per cent DV of iron. Scmnewline Sandwiches
For a light, but satisfying lunch, take to the half tuna salad on honey wheat. It's 240 calories, eight grams of fat and ten grams of protein. Yet another great option could be the half Mediterranean veggie on tomato basil. Along with tons of vitamin rich veggies, this sandwich has 300 calories and seven grams of fat. Additionally, it has only five milligrams of cholesterol, five grams of fiber and eleven grams of protein. For all those viewing their sodium, these sandwiches have 490 and 710 mg, respectively. Nevertheless, out of all the sandwiches, they got the lowest amount of sodium. Scmnewline Sweets
For some thing sweet, decide to try the hot cross buns or the pastry ring. The hot cross buns are "made with soft egg bread, dried strawberries, orange zest and topped with white icing." They've 220 calories and five grams of fat. All these are available Friday through Sunday, 3/11- 4/10, strawberry banana smoothie recipe and each day from 4/15 to 4/24. The pastry ring is "a fluted ring, baked with cherry and apple good fresh fruit fillings & our special-recipe cheese filling." It has 230 calories and eleven grams of fat. Scmnewline The key to a sweet and yummy smoothie is beginning with several (3-4) quite overripe bananas. Adding whatever after that is actually up to you and your mood! Here are a number of ideas that we've found to be family favorites:
Banana Strawberry Smoothie 3-4 quite overripe bananas 12 ounce bag frozen strawberries Rice milk or coconut milk (amount varies to taste) 1 cup ice
Place in to blender, pour in milk till a little over half-way full (after all other ingredients added). Blend well! (This recipe is also quite delicious with a cup of frozen pineapple added.)
Banana Pineapple Smoothie 4-5 quite over-ripe bananas 16-ounce bag frozen pineapple Rice milk (amount varies to taste)
Place in to blender, pour in milk to desired consistency. Blend well. Scmnewline RaspberryPeach Smoothie 3-4 really overripe bananas 1 12-ounce bag frozen peaches 1 12-ounce bag frozen raspberries Coconut milk or rice milk (amount varies to taste)
Place into blender, pour in milk till just a little over halfway full (after all other ingredients added). Blend well. If a little tart even with the overripe bananas, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar work nicely to temper the tartness. Scmnewline Tropical Smoothie 3-4 very over-ripe bananas 1-2 cups frozen mango 1 12-ounce bag frozen strawberries 1 cup frozen pineapple Coconut milk or rice milk (amount varies to taste)
Place into blender, pour in milk to desired consistency. Blend well. For more information browse through our website.