Chicken Marsala (ask to hold the sauce and noodles or get a side of steamed broccoli instead). Salmon Piccata or Chicken Piccata (ask for steamed broccoli instead of parmesan-crusted zucchini, which is breaded and fried). Chicken Giardino (ask to hold the pasta and have extra vegetables instead). Here are the keto-friendly choices if you customise them: You’ll still need to customize the following dishes to fit your low-carb needs, but we’ll show you what to order. They might look like a great idea because they contain lots of meat, but most meatballs are rolled with breadcrumbs to help keep their form. Olive Garden has grilled chicken on their kids menu, which means that they have the ability to serve you grilled meat if you ask for it, too.īefore ordering any dish, make sure the meat is grilled and not fried or else you might find yourself picking the breading off the meat.Īlso, beware of meatballs. We don’t see any soups on the menu that are ketogenic-friendly, and we’re almost certain they contain flour to help thicken them up. Italians love creamy sauces, which isn’t usually a problem for ketogenic dieters if they contain the right ingredients.Įxpect the sauces at Olive Garden to contain milk, refined sugars, vegetable oils, and other preservatives or food additives that are not keto-friendly.Įven some tomato-based sauces contain added sugars and flour to enhance the flavor and thicken the texture, so be mindful of this when ordering. If so, you can swap regular noodles for zoodles to make almost any dish low carb! You can always ask your serve if they serve zoodles. However, we don’t see them on the menu anymore. They are low-carb and offer an excellent alternative to regular pasta. Olive Garden used to offer zoodles on the menu, which are noodles made from zucchini. Now that you know they serve broccoli, you can ask for this instead of any pasta that comes with a typical dish! The best dish we’ve found on their menu is the herb-grilled salmon, which comes with a salmon filet topped with garlic herb butter and a side of parmesan garlic broccoli. 
Even their gluten-free menu contains gluten-free pasta (which still contains too many carbs to be eaten on a keto diet) with very few other choices. Ask for double vegetables instead of pastaĪlmost every dish you order at Olive Garden comes with some form of pasta. Just be sure to ask for no croutons or dressing unless it’s olive oil and vinegar.įrom here, you can ask for a side dish of a piece of grilled meat of your choice and you’ll have a low-carb meal. But it comes in a big bowl and you can get as much of it as you want. Olive Garden doesn’t offer many salad dishes except for their famous house salad. But you can always count on a salad to get you by, at least for one meal. We admit that the amount of pasta and bread-based choices at Olive Garden is overwhelming. Everyone around you will probably be drinking wine, eating breadsticks, and washing it all down with a humongous pasta dish.ĭevelop a plan ahead of time by figuring out what you’re going to order and stick to it when you go in there so you’re not tempted to eat something you shouldn’t. It’s easy to walk into a place like Olive Garden and get swept away by the ambiance. Here are some other tips for making it through a meal at Olive Garden.
This will ensure that you make a smart food decision and can get away with eating as little as possible while you’re there. If you know you’ll be dining at Olive Garden for lunch or dinner, you might want to eat a small, keto-friendly snack beforehand so that you’re not starving when you get there. This won’t help you much if you plan to customize your order, but it will give you an idea about how many calories you’re taking in.
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