High Maintenance Mom

To follow up on the previous post Healthiest Chain & Fast Food Restaurants, I found some great information on organic embracing restaurants. I liked www.dinegreen.com, a web site with a national listing of restaurants deemed "certified green". I also found a nice article in the April edition of KIWI magazine (www.kiwimagonline.com). It lists ten budget friendly chains that offer organic foods.... Chipotle restaurant (www.chipotle.com) is noted as the country's largest chain restaurant to embrace organic foods. It has over 500 locations across the country. It is even using wind power for it's Illinois restaurant. I was happy to see Panera Bread (www.panerabread.com) on this list too. Not only does it have a kid friendly menu, it embraces organic in its antibiotic-free chickens, organic cheeses and all natural peanut butter for its PB&J sandwiches. Also, from personal experience (there is one close to my home) their fresh baked breads are wonderful. My husband eats lunch at Panera Bread at least weekly. I always thought that taking my family out for dinner was a recipe for over cooked, over priced, unhealthy foods but now I know that with a little advanced planing, we can continue our tradition of fresh, healthy, organic foods. If we all demand this sort of quality in our restaurant food, soon all or most restaurants will cater to the next generation of restaurant goers.