{"id":615204,"date":"2026-06-01T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615204\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:30:15","slug":"5-chain-restaurant-meals-that-sound-healthy-but-have-a-days-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/615204\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Chain Restaurant Meals That Sound Healthy but Have a Day’s Calories"},"content":{"rendered":"

These popular chain salads pack a surprising whole day’s worth of calories.<\/p>\n

Restaurants make food<\/a> that make you want to return, and especially make you feel like you\u2019re getting your money\u2019s worth. That means big portions and rich ingredients which result in delicious meals that can also be sky-high, calorie-wise\u2014in some cases a whole day\u2019s worth of calories. Calorie recommendations depend on age, health, activity levels and so on, but 1,600 to 2,400 calories for adult women and 2,200 to 3,000 for adult men is a general rule of thumb. There are many meals that can hit that limit in just one sitting: Here are five chain restaurant meals that sound healthy but can take you right over the daily calorie limit.<\/p>\n

\tApplebee\u2019s Oriental Chicken Salad<\/p>\n

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Applebee\u2019s<\/a> Oriental Chicken Salad is a fan-favorite menu item that has been described as fried chicken on greens. This salad is 1550 calories, and contains a variety of tasty but very calorific ingredients: Crispy breaded chopped chicken tenders on a bed of fresh Asian greens, crunchy noodles and almonds tossed in Oriental vinaigrette. This salad is served with a golden brown signature breadstick brushed with buttery garlic and parsley.<\/p>\n

\tThe Cheesecake Factory BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad<\/p>\n

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The Cheesecake Factory\u2019s<\/a> BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad is a whopping 1950 calories. This salad contains avocado, tomato, grilled corn, black beans, cucumber and romaine all tossed with our barbeque ranch dressing, topped with crispy fried onion. Being mindful of the dressing would definitely bring the calorie count down.<\/p>\n

7 Restaurant Chain Meals Perfect After a Beach Day<\/a><\/p>\n

\tThe Cheesecake Factory Cobb Salad<\/p>\n

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The Cheesecake Factory\u2019s Cobb Salad<\/a> is a big one: Chicken breast, avocado, blue cheese, bacon, tomato, egg and mixed greens tossed in vinaigrette, for 1480 calories. Any modifications will take the calorie count up (for example more avocado or dressing).<\/p>\n

\tThe Cheesecake Factory Santa Fe Salad<\/p>\n

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The Santa Fe Salad at The Cheesecake Factory <\/a>is a big, flavorful salad packed with delicious ingredients that also come with a high calorie tag. This salad is 1670 Calories, which is easily a whole day\u2019s calories for some people. Each salad contains marinated chicken, corn, black beans, cheese, tortilla Strips, tomato and romaine with a spicy peanut-cilantro vinaigrette.<\/p>\n

\tChili\u2019s Quesadilla Explosion Crispers Salad<\/p>\n

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Chili\u2019s<\/a> Quesadilla Explosion Crispers\u00ae Salad is 1420 calories, and that doesn\u2019t include sides like fries or sodas. With fried chicken and cheese quesadillas on the salad, it\u2019s no wonder the calories are so high. In fact, it seems more like an appetizer than a salad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These popular chain salads pack a surprising whole day’s worth of calories. Restaurants make food that make you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[52022,102,10428,208200,6636,10727,3783,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-615204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-calories","tag-health","tag-healthy-eating","tag-high-calorie-dishes","tag-nutrition","tag-restaurant-chains","tag-restaurants","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}