5 HEALTHY OPTIONS AT BAJA FRESH MEXICAN GRILL

Baja Fresh Mexican Grill is a fast-food Tex Mex style restaurant that offers a host of delicious choices for Mexican food lovers!

Here are our top 5 healthy picks from the Baja Fresh Mexican Grill menu to help keep you on track with your weight loss efforts:

1. The Chili Lime Salad

What's Included: Salad greens, kale, pico, onion, bell pepper, jicama and tortilla strips, avocado, cojita cheese, chili lime dressing, shrimp.

Optional: For less carbs, ask for no tortilla strips. For less fat, ask for easy or no cojita cheese and avocado.

Nutrition Information: 410 calories, 19 grams of fat, 34 grams of carbohydrates (14 grams of fiber + 8 grams of sugar) and 29 grams of protein.

2. The Grilled Shrimp Taco

What's Included: Shrimp, avocado, cabbage, pico de gallo, avocado salsa, corn tortilla.

Optional: For less fat, ask for easy avocado salsa.

Nutrition Information: 180 calories (per taco), 7 grams of fat, 65 grams of carbohydrates (4 grams of fiber + 3 grams of sugar) and 10 grams of protein.

3. The Chicken Baja Bowl

What's Included: Grilled chicken, baja rice, black or pinto beans, roasted veggies, salsa verde, onion and cilantro mix.

Optional: For less carbs, ask for 1/2 or no rice.

Nutrition Information: 480 calories, 18 grams of fat, 54 grams of carbohydrates (4 grams of fiber + 7 grams of sugar) and 27 grams of protein.

4. The Baja Burrito

What's Included: Grilled chicken, jack cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, flour tortilla.

Optional: For less fat, ask for 1/2 or no cheese. For less carbs, use 1/2 tortilla.

Nutrition Information: 750 calories, 41 grams of fat, 56 grams of carbohydrates (7 grams of fiber + 6 grams of sugar) and 44 grams of protein.

5. The Chicken Baja Ensalada

What's Included: Grilled chicken (or ask for steak or shrimp), lettuce, cojita cheese, pico de gallo, tortilla strips, dressing of choice.

Optional: For less carbs, ask for no tortilla strips. For less fat, ask for 1/2 or no cheese.

Nutrition Information: 260 calories, 11 grams of fat, 18 grams of carbohydrates (6 grams of fiber + 5 grams of sugar) and 27 grams of protein.

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