Taco Bell is promoting the drive -thru diet. I’ve been wondering whether it is possible to come up with a week’s worth of healthy drive -thru meals. I downloaded the nutritional info from McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Arby’s, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, and Taco Bell. I did not include fast food restaurants that are highly regional or those that do not normally have a drive thru window like Subway. The following are reasonably healthy drive-thru lunch choices for salads, chili and wraps:

 Wendy’s

Madarin Chicken Salad with Oriental Sesame Dressing (without noodles or almonds)-350 calories, 25 g protein, 12 g fat (0 transfat, 2 g saturated), 2 g fiber

Chicken Caesar Salad (no croutons with Supreme Caesar Dressing)-300 calories, 29 g protein, 17 g fat (0 transfat, 4 saturated), 3 g fiber

Spicy Chicken Go Wrap- 320 calories, 16g protein, 15g fat (0 trans, 4 saturated), 1 g fiber

Large Chili- (small chili is 2/3 of large) 280 calories, 21g protein, 9g fat (.5 trans, 3.5 saturated), 7g fiber

 McDonalds

Premium Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken and Newman’s Own Creamy Southwest Dressing- 420 calories, 31g protein, 15g fat (0 transfat, 4g saturated), 6g fiber

Chipolte BBQ Snack Wrap Grilled- 260 calories, 18g protein, 9g fat (0 trans, 3.5g saturated), 1g fiber

Fruit & Walnut Salad (snack size)- 210 calories, 4g protein, 8g fat (0 trans, 1.5 saturated, 2g fiber

KFC

Toasted Wrap with Tender Roast Filet with Sauce- 310 calories, 22g protein, 14 (0 trans, 5 saturated), 1g fiber

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