The Healthiest Menu Items You Can Order At Olive Garden

We all know fast food spots and some fast-casual chain restaurants aren't the places to find healthy eats, but there are smart-ish choices to be made. Here's what you should order if you'd prefer to be health-conscious at Olive Garden:

APPETIZERS:

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If you want to start your meal off with an app, your best bet to save some cals (also, room for pasta) are the stuffed mushrooms. At 380 calories per serving, they're the perfect hanger management to keep you from biting off your know-it-all friend's head — or downing basket after basket of the unlimited breadsticks. Because we all know you can't have just one. Or seven.

SOUPS:

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You can't really go wrong with soup at OG, given that the highest-calorie option clocks in at 250, but if you want to be really good, go for the minestrone. Each serving contains just 110 calories and 1.5 grams of fat.

CHICKEN:

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Chicken seems like a healthy go-to, but many options can add up to more than 1,000 calories — wowza. To keep your healthy diet in check, choose the chicken piccata. It'll only cost you 500 calories, so it's not as offensive as many of the other chicken dishes (here's looking at you, chicken alfredo).

SEAFOOD:

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Go for the tilapia piccata. At 420 calories, it'll fill you up with lean protein without weighing you down.

BEEF & PORK:

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All of these options come in at more than 1,000 calories, with the exception of the Tuscan sirloin at 620. Way to throw us a bone, OG.

CLASSIC PASTAS:

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Creating your own pasta bowl can vary immensely depending on which ingredients you add — and how many of them you toss in there — but in terms of the classic pastas, your healthiest option is the cheese ravioli, at 640 calories.