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Best Restaurant Lunches

It’s a minefield of high fat, high calorie, super salty choices at some lunch joints while others offer at least a few healthy options. Here’s a quick look at the best restaurant lunches. By: Maureen Callahan, MS, RD and Karen Ansel, RD.|Text: Maureen Callahan, MS, RD and Karen Ansel, RD

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Asian

Skip the Asian buffets featuring fatty, salty entrees and dine on P.F. Chang’s Buddha’s Feast Steamed Lunch with Rice. Jam packed with veggies, this vegetarian bowl sports only 440 calories, a skinny 3.5 grams of fat, no saturated fat, and only 160 milligrams of sodium per serving. Swap the white rice for brown and pick up 3 grams of stomach-filling fiber.