JASON'S DELI

I searched the internet for the healthiest fast food style restaurants in America.  I found a FORBES article that listed Jason's Deli as one of the best.  I had never heard of Jason's Deli.  They have nearly 250 restaurants sprinkled among 28 states. I have now discovered that there are a half-dozen in my hometown of Chicago.   What is more important to me are the restaurants that I can visit when I am on the road.   I learned that Cincinnati had one restaurant.  After my morning appointment, instead of driving to the nearest McDonalds or Burger King as I have done for the past 7 years, I drove 10 miles to get to Jason's Deli.  This restaurant chain specializes in organic ingredients and offers many healthy sandwiches, soups and salads.   This was the healthy and delicious choice I made today.

Fire Roasted Tortilla Soup - Bowl              200 CALORIES
Asiago Pot Roast Roast Sandwich - Half  310 CALORIES
                                       TOTAL LUNCH      510 CALORIES     $11.72

Eating properly is fun when some effort is used to pick interesting places and make healthy decisions. Tomorrow, I will finish in Cincinnati and head to Indianapolis for an appointment Friday morning.  Before I live Cincinnati I will return to this Jason's Deli for lunch.  There is a Jason's Deli in that Indianapolis.   I know where I am having lunch on Friday.

Jason's Deli: Totilla Soup Bowl, Asiago Pot Roast Half Sandwich 510 CALORIES

TAKING THE SUBWAY

In an earlier blog entry titled, 'Confessions' I might have appeared to denigrate 'Subway.' This was unintentional as I meant only to denigrate the choices I made at that restaurant.   There are more than 43,000 Subway locations around the world - this can be a good option on the road if smart choices are made.  For lunch today,  I 'got back on track.' I have been frequenting Subway restaurants for many years and prior to today the number of salads I purchased was exactly zero.   I made my selection for lunch today long before I entered the restaurant by visiting the nutritional information page on the Subway website.   Today I ordered an oven-roasted chicken salad with the 2oz. packet of fat free Italian dressing.    This may not be fine dining, the salad is served in a plastic container, but it sure tasted fine.   True hunger makes food taste better.

OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN SALAD                   140 CALORIES
1.5OZ. KEN'S  FAT FREE ITALIAN DRESSING    15 CALORIES
                                                   TOTAL LUNCH   155 CALORIES

Subway oven-roasted chicken salad w/dressing 155 CALORIES