The first Olive Garden, an Italian eatery, opened in Orlando, Florida, in 1982. The restaurant offers traditional dishes accompanied by soup or salad, and also serves diners looking for low-fat, low carbohydrate, gluten-free and sugar-free food through a special menu called Garden Fare. Olive Garden provides nutrient information for all dishes on its website.
Appetizers
Salad or soup, along with bread sticks, begins each meal at Olive Garden. A single serving of the salad with dressing has 350 calories, 26 g of total fat, 4.5 g of saturated fat, 1,930 mg of sodium, 22 g of carbohydrate and 3 g of fiber. A breadstick has 150 calories, 2 g of total fat, 400 mg of sodium, 28 g of carbohydrate and 2 g of fiber, according to the Olive Garden website. The highest calorie appetizer is the chicken Alfredo pizza with 1,180 calories, 40 g of total fat, 17 g of saturated fat, 3,330 mg of sodium, 144 g of carbohydrate and 11 g of fiber for the entire pizza. For people watching their calorie intake, the low-fat Garden Fare selection of minestrone soup has 100 calories, 1 g of total fat, no saturated fat,18 g of carbohydrate, 1,020 mg of sodium and 3 g of fiber in a bowl.
Classic Pastas
The low-fat Garden Fare classic pasta dish is the linguini alla marinara. A dinner portion has 430 calories, 6 g of total fat, 1 g of saturated fat, 900 mg of sodium, 76 g of carbohydrate and 9 g of fiber. The highest calorie pasta dish on the menu at Olive Garden is the Tour of Italy. The dinner portion has 1,450 calories, 74 g of total fat, 33 g of saturated fat, 3,380 mg of sodium, 97 g of carbohydrate and 10 g of fiber.
Meat
Olive Garden offers a variety of chicken, seafood, beef and pork dishes. The dinner portion chicken parmigiana plate has 1,090 calories, 49 g of total fat, 18 g of saturated fat, 3,380 mg of sodium, 79 g of carbohydrate and 27 g of fiber. The dinner portion chicken Marsala plate has 770 calories, 37 g of total fat, 5 g of saturated fat, 1,800 mg of sodium, 59 g of carbohydrate and 16 g of fiber. The mixed grill is a low carbohydrate Garden Fare option when served with broccoli and grilled vegetables instead of potatoes. A dinner serving of the mixed grill has 760 calories, 24 g of total fat, 5 g of saturated fat, 1,980 mg of sodium, 26 g of carbohydrate and 11 g of fiber.
According to the Olive Garden website, the meat dish with the highest calorie count is the dinner portion of pork Milanese, with 1,510 calories, 87 g of total fat, 37 g of saturated fat, 3,100 mg of sodium, 118 g of carbohydrate and 11 g of fiber. The lowest calorie meat dish is the venetian apricot chicken with 380 calories, 4 g of total fat, 1.5 g of saturated fat, 1,420 mg of sodium, 32 g of carbohydrate and 8 g of fiber in the dinner portion.
Desserts
Olive Garden offers a variety of desserts. The zeppoli has 920 calories, 35 g of total fat, 3.5 g of saturated fat, 590 mg of sodium, 131 g of carbohydrate and 4 g of fiber. The chocolate sauce for the zeppoli adds 210 calories, 2.5 g of total fat, 1.5 g of saturated fat, 75 g of sodium, 44 g of carbohydrate and 2 g of fiber. A slice of tiramisu has 510 calories, 32 g of total fat, 19 g of saturated fat, 75 mg of sodium, 48 g of carbohydrate and 2 g of fiber. It is the lowest-calorie dessert on the menu, but 56 percent of the calories are from fat. The torta di chocolate has 800 calories, 51 g of total fat, 29 g of saturated fat, 125 mg of sodium, 75 g of carbohydrate, and 4 g of fiber, and is the sugar free Garden Fare option.
Member Comments