Panera Bread

Yes..that happened. I was invited to Panera Bread today. I wanted to go, but I was skeptical if I would be able to find anything that I could eat that fit in with the 21DSD and Whole30 rules. Well, with only a few minor changes, I found it.

Chopped Chicken Cobb with Avocado

Menu ingredients-All-natural, antibiotic-free chicken, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, Applewood-smoked bacon, Gorgonzola, hard-boiled eggs, all chopped and tossed with herb vinaigrette, topped with fresh avocado

So, what did I do?
I took out the Gorgonzola and the dressing. They gave me packets of extra-virgin olive oil and two lemon halves. I then made those my dressing with a little salt and pepper on top. (Oh, and I also replaced the romaine with spinach just because I wanted to.) It was amazing!

* The 21DSD allows for a few grams of sugar in meats. These grams amount to nothing after the cooking process. Therefore, the bacon was on plan. If you are following the Whole30 rule that states all meats need to have zero sugar unless sweetened with fruit juice, you can just leave the bacon off. In my opinion, the bacon was worth it.