Chevy's Fresh Mex is a restaurant that serves Mexican food. While many of the ingredients are full of calories and fat, there are some changes you can make to eat healthy at this restaurant and still have a great meal.
Instructions
1. Order the Santa Fe Chopped Salad with a few healthy changes. When ordered as-is, the salad has 682 calories, 41 grams of fat and 25 grams of carbohydrates. No cheese drops it down to 480 calories and 6 grams of fat. No cheese or bacon lowers it to 338 calories and 2 grams of fat. No cheese, bacon or avocado gives you a salad with 258 calories, 1 gram of fat and 21 grams of carbohydrates.
2. Enjoy a Tostada Salad with Chicken from Chevy's. With all of the ingredients it has 1228 calories, 77 grams of fat and 63 grams of carbohydrates. Remove the tortilla strips for 1088 calories, 71 grams of fat and 42 grams of carbohydrates. Order the salad with no tortilla strips or cheese to have 663 calories, 35 grams of fat and 42 grams of carbohydrates. Another healthy change is to remove sour cream along with all the previous ingredients. This gives you 542 calories, 23 grams of fat and 40 grams of carbohydrates.
3. Ask for a custom Grilled Steak Tacos meal. With no changes it has 972 calories, 51 grams of fat and 87 grams of carbohydrates. Take away the tamalito and you're left with 888 calories, 47 grams of fat and 74 grams of carbohydrates. No tamalito or rice gives you 712 calories, 42 grams of fat and 45 grams of carbohydrates. Eat the meal without tamalito, rice or cheese to lower the calories to 656 and the fat grams to 37.
4. Eat Beans a la Charra from Chevy's. Regular has 230 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 33 grams of carbohydrates. Ask for no cheese to drop the calories to 202 and the grams of fat to 3. With no cheese or pico de gallo the beans have 198 calories, 3 grams of fat and 32 grams of carbohydrates.
5. Have refried beans. The usual order has 298 calories, 15 grams of fat and 29 grams of carbohydrates. A healthy change is requesting no cheese. This changes the calories to 270 and the fat grams to 13.
6. Get black beans at Chevy's. Eat them as listed in the menu and you'll have 207 calories, 3 grams of fat and 33 grams of carbohydrates. Ask for no cheese to change the calories to 179 and the fat grams to 1.
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