The Fitness Center’s Cardiac Special of the Day: Xtreme Eating Awards 2010
You might want to think twice before ordering The Cheesecake Factory’s Carbonara or California Pizza Kitchen’s Tostada Pizza with Steak.
Olive Garden's Tour of Italy (olivegarden.com)
Those are two dishes named to a consumer group’s annual list of highest-calorie entrees at chain restaurants.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Xtreme Eating Awards 2010 list highlights a few of the worst entrees at chain restaurants.
Not so fast, counters the National Restaurant Association, which says the CSPI list paints a distorted picture of restaurants based on a single menu item. Many restaurants offer healthier, lower-calorie choices on their menus as well, it says.
For what it’s worth, here’s a sample of entrees named to the Xtreme Eating Awards 2010 list (keep in mind that a man should take in roughly 2,000 calories in an entire day:
| Restaurant | Calories |
| The Cheesecake Factory Pasta Carbonara | 2,500 |
| Chili’s Big Mouth Bites | 2,350 |
| Applebee’s Quesadilla Burger | 1,820 |
| Outback Steakhouse New Zealand Rack of Lamb w/ sides | 1,820 |
| P.F. Chang’s Double Pan-Fried Noodles Combo | 1,820 |
| Chevy’s Crab & Shrimp Quesadilla | 1,790 |
| California Pizza Kitchen Tostada Pizza with Steak | 1,680 |
| Olive Garden Tour of Italy | 1,450 |
| Bob Evans Cinnamon Cream Stacked & Stuffed Hotcakes | 1,000 (4 Tbsp syrup adds 200 calories) |
| Five Guys’ Bacon Cheeseburger | 920 |
