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Avoid overeating, and request a doggie bag in advance — or have part of your meal wrapped to take home before it’s served. Choose red sauces such as marinara over cream-based sauces, and consider getting your sauce on the side. Ask if your meat can be grilled or roasted instead of fried. Also, ask if your meal can be served with part-skim cheese or no cheese.

Olive Garden

consider these healthy options

menu itemserving amountcaloriesfat grams
Minestrone Soup lunch portion 164 1g
Linguine alla Marinara lunch portion 340 6g
Capellini Pomodoro lunch portion 450 9g
Shrimp Primavera lunch portion 483 11g
Linguine alla Marinara dinner portion 551 8g
Venetian Apricot Chicken dinner portion 448 11g
Chicken Giardino dinner portion 560 15g
Torta di Chocolate 1 torta 232 7g
Nutritional information listed is accurate as of November 2007. For more information, or updated material, please visit the restaurant’s website.


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healthy dining tips

  • choose pasta that doesn’t hold much sauce, like angel hair
  • if you order breadsticks, ask to have them without the butter glaze, and skip the high-fat dipping sauces
  • order tomato-based sauces with lots of fresh vegetables instead of cream-based sauces like Alfredo