Salad and Go Brings Healthy Food to The Drive-Thru

Allow me start out by saying that I do not know the very first factor about healthier meals. I’m 23, broke and active, so I usually take in whichever is the lowest priced and swiftest. But Salad and Go, which just opened in Plano previous 7 days, is certainly transforming the video game. 

“The Generate-Thru Revolution,” as it was referred to in a push release, opened its 1st Texas site on May perhaps 5 at 1400 Coit Highway in Plano. The foods is made up of balanced alternatives — salads, wraps, breakfast burritos, soup, lemonades, organic tea and cold brew. 

But here’s the real game-changer — all of their salads and wraps are only $5.74, and all of their 24-ounce drinks are $1. And the menu isn’t bewildering like a great deal of healthy dining places. It is really essential and easy to observe for anyone who is not utilised to having people styles of food consistently.

The Salad and Go Practical experience

If you’ve pushed earlier Salad and Go, then you’ve almost certainly observed the extensive strains of automobiles. And I was a bit intimidated by the travel-via line when I first pulled up. Cars and trucks crammed the two-lane line. But it went insanely fast. I got in line at 11:38 a.m. and bought my food items at 11:52. On the other hand, there is a a lot quicker choice — you can purchase forward. There’s a small choose-up window next to the generate-via line in which you can operate up, get your food stuff and leave. 

The challenge many operate into with salads is that they are inclined not to be quite filling (at minimum for me). Luckily for us, the salads fill up a 48-ounce bowl. I finished up ordering a caesar salad with grilled hen, which tends to be really significant in energy at most destinations. Whilst I’m not one particular to calorie-rely, I identified myself shocked when I checked the menu and observed it was only 300 energy. 

Even with small calories, the salad managed to be tasty. The lettuce was crisp, and the cherry tomatoes have been fresh new. The rooster was seasoned to perfection — just sufficient so it did not style like styrofoam but not so much that it was overbearing. It also had scrumptious croutons and cheese. The dressings are also manufactured in-house, and it displays. The caesar dressing was so great (and only 120 calories). I also bought their organic and natural iced tea, which was produced correctly — not much too sweet and not too bitter. 

And the most effective part? I only paid out $7.30 for all of it.

The Greater Image

Not only was the meals very good, although. The principle at the rear of Salad and Go is completely one thing any one can (and should really) get driving. The fact is that obesity is an epidemic in The usa. And whilst this subject matter is continually misconstrued as a natural beauty-centered subject matter, it seriously is not. It is about health. According to the CDC, several being overweight-similar problems, like heart illness, strokes, kind 2 diabetes and selected cancers, are amongst the primary leads to of “preventable, untimely loss of life.”

But having healthy is hard for individuals with decrease incomes. Healthful food stuff tends to be additional costly. Salad and Go modifications the recreation in that way, too, mainly because the foods is much less expensive than other staple quickly-food places to eat. Salad and Go also donates clean salads every single week to diverse businesses fighting homelessness and hunger in DFW. Its initially partnership is with the North Texas Foodstuff Lender. 

So, if your consuming routines are like mine, you really should surely give Salad and Go a shot. It is an quick, speedy and mouth watering way to continue to be healthier. And it stands for something considerably bigger than foods. 

Salad and Go does not acknowledge phone-in orders. Nonetheless, you can pre-buy what you want on Salad and Go’s web page or application. Salad and Go’s hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.