Last week, I posted about the healthy foods makeover Starbucks gave itself called “real food, simply delicious” (all natural ingredients, whole foods, and as few ingredients as possible). Since then I had the chocolate banana Vivanno smoothie with the espresso shot as a quick lunch. It was delicious. At only 300 calories it wasn’t enough of a lunch for me, but it held me over during my meetings until I was able to get a “second lunch” which was a 200 calorie snack of feta cheese, tomato, and basil salad with whole grain crackers.
A good nutrition tip: if you are busy and don’t really feel hungry but know you need to eat something, go for a light lunch of a few hundred calories then eat a “second lunch” a few hours later when you do feel hungry. This way, you can avoid a low blood sugar energy crash from skipping a meal.
Here’s the run-down on the salads and fruit options Starbucks recently introduced. Make the two salads a meal by adding a whole wheat pita or wrap! Those are easy to keep at work so there’s no excuses for not eating a healthy lunch.
Farmer’s Market Salad
A perfect blend of rich blue cheese, crunchy almonds, tart dried cranberries and sweet apples piled
on a bed of romaine lettuce with all-natural balsamic vinaigrette. 220 calories (300 calories with
dressing)Classic Salad
A traditional chef salad with hard boiled eggs, grape tomatoes, fresh sliced cucumber, carrots and
Monterey jack cheese on a bed of crisp romaine with all-natural balsamic vinaigrette.
170 calories (250 calories with dressing)Fruit Cup
Not just your ordinary fruit cup, this blend of seasonal fruit, including strawberries, kiwi,
blueberries, grapes and mango, is a light and nutritious choice at just 100 calories.
Check out the video I recorded for them, where I give some healthy eating tips for their salads and smoothies.
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I am glad to see Starbuck getting their act together with these healthy foods. For too long they only carried high carb, high sugar snacks!
Way to go Sbux!
To Your Health!
James Reno (editor)
Raw-Food-Repair.com
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