Is It Worth It To Eat Healthy in Disney World?

hey everybody it's molly with all ears and i am here with a brand new video a question we get asked quite a bit is there anything healthy to eat in walt disney world there's so many snacks so much sugar so much salt so much deliciousness but what if i'm looking to eat a little healthier and better question is it worth it to eat healthy in disney world that's what i'm investigating today today i'm gonna hit all four parks as well as disney springs and eat something that most people would consider a healthier or a lighter option i'll talk about if it's worth eating that or if you know what let's just go ahead and get the good stuff i hope you're ready i hope you're excited let's get to it lots of yumminess ahead [Music] i'm starting this healthy eating adventure off at the magic kingdom and when i say healthy eating i'm not necessarily meaning that tom brady would eat it on his incredibly restrictive and professional athlete diet i'm just talking about you know maybe something that's not fried maybe not something so so sugary something a little bit lighter a little bit healthier that most of the world would consider a healthier option because you know what whether you're on a diet or not sometimes when you get to walt disney world and you eat so much sugar and so much dairy and carbs and all the deliciousness sometimes you just need something a little bit lighter every now and again which is part of my mission today i'm going to show you some options that i choose to eat frequently in the parks because i don't think you're substituting flavor even though it's a little bit something lighter and i'm going to show some things that yeah maybe they're healthy but to me not worth it so that's the main mission today and we're off for our first meal for lunch at the magic kingdom i am headed into pecos bill's tall tale in a cafe just in my middle order waiting for it to be ready here at pegasus you get some not as healthy options like nachos and burgers but they've also got some lighter options such as rice bowls they've got chicken rice bowl a veggie rice bowl a pork rice bowl they've also got southwestern salads so and then you can customize them in the app with all kinds of different toppings like roasted vegetables lettuce black beans you can add some guacamole so you can really customize and get like again a tex-mex inspired lunch a little pro tip about using the mobile order and dining in the restaurants right now if you can't eat off peak meal time to eat early or eat late because the restaurants in the border will get a little backed up during the peak meal times just because there are limited capacity in the restaurants as well so it'll be harder to find a seat so like for example i'm eating around three o'clock much much better than when i saw the line earlier today around one o'clock here is my yummy bowl from pecos i decided to actually go with the veggie bowl today which is vegan um i'm not a vegan i love eating dairy and animals but i love also roasted fajita veggies which is what comes on the veggie one and then it comes with black bean and rice and some tortilla strips and then it comes with a little bit of fresh tomatoes lettuce salsa you can add guacamole if you'd like you can also add queso if you wanted to and sour cream they do make these rice bowls they also have a chicken one or a pork carnitas one and i like that they're very customizable you can pick and choose what you want to add on there pecos is a meal that i recommend all the time it's probably my favorite quick service at magic kingdom especially since right now columbia harbor house isn't open because i like the customization i like i love tech specs food and i still think you get a little bit of flavor and fun even though this is a lighter meal but if you've got something in your party that wants a burger that wants something a little bit heavier they've got fajitas they've got tacos you can get all that here as well so i'm a big fan of pecos let's be honest i also like that you can add queso for a dollar but this is definitely one i recommend it'll appease picky and not so piggy eaters alike and make it as healthy as you want like a choose your own adventure healthy tail a great spot to come if you'd like a sit-down meal at the magic kingdom when you're looking for something a little lighter a little healthier is the skipper canteen right here in adventureland now this is actually themed after the jungle cruise so your servers are going to be skippers and they're just going to be as punderful as they are on the boats and they have a lot of more exotic flavors i think a lot of asian influences a lot of african influences a little bit of moroccan situation in there so it's not if you're a picky picky eater you may not find something you like here but if you're okay with a little bit more of an adventurous flavor you're gonna enjoy it and if you're a jungle cruise fan you should come in here because there's a bunch of really fun props and the servers are so much fun but they have a great steak they've got a falafel bowl that's really great and they it's usually pretty easy to get a reservation compared to some of the other sit down restaurants in the magic kingdom a great runner up is columbia harbor house here in liberty square this is it hasn't reopened yet but when it is it's one of my favorite picks for something a little bit lighter a little bit healthier and it doesn't always seem like it's a quick service meal they've had fried shrimp and they've got fried fish and things like that but they've also got some salads some lighter sandwiches they do some grilled shrimp some grilled salmon with green beans you're not going to believe you're eating a quick service meal when you eat here so looking for something a little bit lighter maybe you like a little seafood when it's open columbia harbor house there are as few things as delicious as ice cream at walt disney world particularly right here in front of the castle so my default would be to go to the plaza ice cream parlor if it's open and get myself something hand scooped or of course go to one of the carts grab yourself a mickey premium bar or one of those mickey cookies and cream ice cream sandwiches but we're eating healthy today friends so instead i got the specially listed you gotta ask for it no sugar added strawberry fruit bar it has chunks of fruit no sugar added fat-free cholesterol-free sweetened with splenda yeah strawberries water maltredextrin natural stabilizers there's a whole bunch of words but it's allegedly healthier than a mickey premium let's see if it's worth not eating a mickey's premium to eat this i mean yeah that tastes good tastes like strawberries which are one of my favorite fruit but is it worth it to get this over a mickey bar this tastes like something you could get at your local grocery store and i know they sell mickey bars at some grocery stores but they don't taste the same and like it's got splenda in it which i don't think is really that much less healthy than just sugar so if you're going to eat this and you're actually looking to be healthy i would look for something actually made out of like fruit like go get some fruit and enjoy that or you know we go to one of the confectionary cases and get like a chocolate covered pineapple or chocolate covered strawberry because that can't be like it's just a little chocolate you know but for a frozen treat it's refreshing it tastes good i'm enjoying it but it's no mickey barn overall this not worth it hello welcome to epcot it's time to do epcot healthy eating and more than any other park epcot is known for their food you can literally eat around the world in places like france and germany and mexico and japan so is it worth it to eat healthy here can you find healthy and tasty treats or are you going to be sad watching your friends eat queso from la cava del tequilo tequila drink margaritas and eat queso from la cava del tequila or delicious bakeries and cheeses from france we're gonna find out together one country you may want to invest in if you're trying to eat healthy in disney world that you might not be thinking about is morocco morocco has some of the best food and world showcase and a lot of people don't eat here because they're like i don't know what moroccan food is it's a little too exotic sounding but i promise you'll be able to find something you like so today i'm headed over to spice road table which is a lagoon side restaurant here in the morocco pavilion they do some tapas some small bites they've got full-size entrees full bar lots of yummy stuff and we're gonna see if it's worth it to eat healthy a spice or a table seriously this restaurant is gorgeous i love all the this whole pavilion is gorgeous but i love the light fixtures i love the tile work i love the chairs and look at this view there's only a few restaurants in world showcase that you can get a view like this the others being in mexico and the united kingdom but this one is the easiest one to get a reservation at and you can often walk up taking a look at the menu all roads lead to spice road table and it's talking about the historic spice roads um many many moon ago oh well i guess the menu wants to flip over so i can show you what there is to eat here record scratch a few days after i ate here at spice road table they changed their menu so some of the things i eat are still available and some are going to look a little different if you order them now but i promise that doesn't change the message of the restaurant they're also known for their sangria here which it's organic it's made out of fruit grapes and there's other fruit in it so i want to say it's a healthy cocktail i know that i'm just lying to myself and you but i also want to show you the signature drinks lots of unique flavors here but for real sangria's got to be more healthy than something that's got a bunch of sugary juice in it right maybe let's just go with that my first course is here first of all here's that specialty sangria i love sangria and i love when it's not coming from a box which a lot of disney bars do so i'm excited to give that a whirl and then i opted for the hummus fries because of a few reasons one i talked to the server and they are literally are just frozen blocks of hummus that are fried they don't bread it or anything so it really is just their house made hummus which is healthy and you can get it just if you want plain hummus but also this is like a healthy way to do something fried obviously there's a ton of fried food in walt disney world and you may not want to do french fries or chicken nuggets or things like that but if you want a little bit of a splurge but still have the integrity of being a little bit healthy i think this is a great way oh that is such good sangria not too sweet the sweetness is coming from the natural juices from that orange and from the sweetness from the grapes doesn't taste like they added a bunch of sugary sweet anything into it so it's really really yummy sangria very into that um there is a full bar here that you can walk up to and take drinks from and if you're sangria fan definitely recommend checking that out again they have white and sparkling as well now i'm gonna get into a hummus fry i'm gonna try it by itself first oh you can see it's right there there's so much flavor in that and it's got a little dipping sauce it's a lemon aioli oh it is spicy oh yeah that is yummy squeeze a little lemon on it perfection you may have had these before at the food and wine festival they do um a similar version out at food and wine at the morocco quiescent they top it with like a cucumber and red onion tomato relish but i think these are so yummy and again maybe not the healthiest thing on the menu but my entree is very healthy and again if you splurge a little bit if you want something fried but you want to not be crazy this is a great option but if you don't want to be this crazy you can get the plane hummus as well for my entree i decided to go with the roasted chicken which my server recommended it's cooked in a tagine which is an authentic way to cook things in morocco you can actually buy them here and they put the potatoes and the chicken in there and then some onions and peppers and spices and they let it cook slowly in this tagine um which uses charcoal in this very cool like triangular shaped uh clay contraption so it smells amazing and he said this is just like something his mom would make back in morocco so i'm really excited to try this this smells so good let me get a little chicken a little potato the spices omg fabulous this is not your typical roast chicken and potatoes that i'm used to oh my goodness it's like fall off the bone tender there's a couple of different chicken wings there's a drumstick here but oh my goodness that is fabulous disney world food typically not healthy but sometimes you do want to eat something that's a little healthier and this is a great example of something that is healthier but you're not compromising on flavor this is literally the most flavorful roasted chicken i've ever had in my entire life there's like one other table in here right now so you can definitely get a reservation or do a walk-up um it's it's really not as usually booked as some of the other ones and pro tip whenever fireworks come back try to get this restaurant around fireworks time and you'll be on the lake i'm the only person in here now so i can dance now i would have danced anyway but now i really can dance but for real why is anyone here this place is great now here is a snack cart that you can get some very healthy things at but also very boring things but if you're like i just need a vegetable i just need a little something i want to give my kids a little something that's not straight up sugar not straight up salt you can come to this cart right here by the land they've got like hummus and pretzels they've got a little veggie tray they've got a cheese and fruit plate they've got a mickey pretzel which you can get without cheese which is actually then considered plant-based so this is an example of what i would consider not worth it healthy eating because you can bring your own food in so if you think your kids are going to want fruit or vegetables later just bring some don't spend disney money on them here and instead go get a more exciting and unique snack over in world showcase but i did want to point this one out but this is one where i'm like it's healthy sure but is it worth it to eat a sad veggie tray in epcot honorable mention and probably the best quick service location in epcot to get a healthy meal sunshine seasons located in the land pavilion so again it's a quick service you can do mobile order and they've got a lot of yummy stuff they've got roasted chicken roasted salmon lots of vegetables healthy sides lots of plant-based and special diet options here it's not in world showcase which to me if you're going to eat an epcot i i want to tell you to eat in world showcase because you're going to get so much stuff you can't get anywhere else but this is a really good spot to come if you're looking for something a little simpler a little classically healthy you're going to find something here a great thing about eating at sunshine seasons as well is it's located right next to living with the land which they actually use a lot of the produce that you see growing in the greenhouses here in the land pavilion both at sunshine seasons and garden girl which is that character dining experience with chip and dale and mickey and pluto so that is really fun if you do eat at either of those restaurants i always recommend riding the attraction first and then you can be like hey kids remember that lettuce we saw now you can eat it wouldn't you want to eat lettuce more if you saw it shaped as a hidden mickey i would a fabulous pavilion to eat in if you want to do something a little bit healthier is the japan pavilion japanese food is a lot of fish it's a lot of lean cooked meats it's not a lot of cheese but if you're looking for something grab and go come right here to this little sweet stand right at the edge of the japan pavilion and you can get a couple of different sushi rolls as well as edamame and i'm led to believe sushi's healthy as long as it's not fried i would wager to say that the megiri is going to be the healthiest because it's just the fish as opposed to having the rice and some of the sauces and then you've also got your edamame right here so in the grand scheme of things these are definitely all great choices if you're looking for a lighter snack or even even a meal if you got a couple of them another great idea for a healthy snack and this one's healthy ish it's mostly healthy there are three different places here inside the mexico pavilion that you can get chips and guacamole and i know chips aren't healthy but guacamole is it's just avocados healthy fats that's a thing i love guacamole you can get it inside at la cava del tequila it's not actually on the menu there but you can get it to go you can get it right here at chozade margarita and you can get it over here at la cantino de san angel of course every full-service restaurant here is going to have guacamole but each of the different rest each of the different quick service locations has their own twist on guacamole so you can kind of see which one you like the best uh all of them are great i personally like the one from le choza because it's got a little bit of spice on top but chips and guacamole not the healthiest snack in the world not the unhealthiest and i think a great choice we've made it to hollywood on our healthy eating journey where i'm going to share with you one of my favorite meals in all of disney world regardless of if it's healthy or not because it is healthy and it's still one of my favorite things ever plus a few other options that you can look for if you're looking for something a little lighter to kick things off here in hollywood studios i'm headed to one of my favorite restaurants because of one specific thing i'm headed to the hollywood round derby where i'm going to enjoy a cobb salad which is literally one of my favorite foods in all of walt disney world i haven't had it on in a while because they aren't doing the lounge seating right now but you can still order it off the lunch menu inside the restaurant let's get it if you're unfamiliar the hollywood brown derby is a signature restaurant and it's themed after the restaurant of the same name in actual hollywood in l.a now back in the golden age of hollywood this is where the stars went to eat and dine and they've got a few signature items here including the cobb salad as well as a grapefruit cake and a shirley temple all of which are famous and have stories that say they were in created at the hollywood brown derby i'm not 100 sure on the shirley temple but i do believe the cobb salad story as well as the grapefruit cake the cobb salad story goes that um growlman of groundman's chinese cedar came into the restaurant late one night really really hungry he had just had some dental work done so he couldn't do a lot of chewing so the chef looked around what he saw what he had left over in the kitchen chopped everything up really finely and that became the legendary cobb salad as far as the grapefruit cake goes which you can also get a grapefruit cake martini here the story is that a famous gossip columnist came into the hollywood brown derby and she said she was on a diet and she was on the grapefruit diet which was very trendy and she couldn't indulge in any of the decadent desserts so he made the grapefruit cake because it's made of grapefruit so it's healthy right no but it is delicious this restaurant is so good i specifically love the cup salad and normally i enjoy it out on the patio at the lounge which right now they're not serving on but normally you can do some tapas as well as cocktails out on the patio the cocktail situation still open you can walk up and grab a drink the seating is first come first serve and they're not doing any actual serving outside so i'm headed to get a cop salad see if it's as good as i remember and we'll talk about if this is somewhere you maybe want to eat if you're looking for something lighter fabulous thank you here is my yummy looking cobb salad again this is one of my favorite meals in all of disney world they mix it table side and it's got lettuce blue cheese some chives tomato avocado hard-boiled egg bacon yum yum yum a little bit of turkey it is truly so good you can add chicken to it or you can add lobster to it but i like it just the way it comes then it's got their signature french dressing on it yum yum yum i have not had one of these salads since the park reopened and it's just as good as i remember oh my gosh it's so fresh and yummy we've got that finely chopped lettuce a little crunch and salt from the bacon then you've got that olive oil based french dressing which brings in a little acidity blue cheese hard-boiled egg this is something i eat frequently on camera off-camera one of my favorite meals when they had it out at the lounge so i'm so happy they still have it on the menu inside the restaurant um and this is one where i definitely don't feel like i'm compromising on flavor or taste it's in a signature meal here now i would say if you're on the dining plan whenever the dining plan resumes this isn't the best use of your credit this is a signature restaurant so this would take two dining credits to eat this salad um so you're better off paying out of pocket for it but boy oh boy is it yummy and this is one i feel great about eating this i'd prefer to eat this over most things in this park actually so if you're looking for a quick service location that you want to eat something a little lighter at somewhere i wouldn't have recommended a while ago but i will recommend now is rosie's all-american cafe they very recently added a rosie's all-american salad that's got pulled pork and some fresh dressing on it that's got citrus in it it's kind of tex-mexi and then they also have a toasted vegan lobster roll which is actually artichoke hearts that they've tossed in some different dill and some different seasonings and things like that and then they coat a bread in butter and honestly it tastes like a salad on a sandwich i wouldn't say it tastes like a lobster roll but it does taste delicious really light and fresh and i really enjoyed both of those things which rosie's wouldn't have been one of my recommendations six months ago but hey people can change and they did a great job headed in to get myself a little snack from docking base seven here on batu that is star wars galaxy's edge aka star wars land and docking bay 7 is the quick service location here so you can get full meals here i've enjoyed things like the fried and dorian tipia that's chicken they've got pot roast they've got a really good plant-based item here but i'm actually doing one of my favorite hacks for a healthier snack and that's ordering off the kids menu because no matter what you're getting a smaller portion so that's automatically healthier i guess because you're eating less like over at animal kinder i love to get the cetuli canteen cheeseburger pods the kids portion because you just get one cheeseburger pot which is a perfect snack so what i'm getting today is a kids meal it's actually a healthy czech kids meal disney does those in the app and those are certain kids meals that meet disney's health standards without any substitution so it's gonna be your healthier options here's the kids meal i got from donkey bay seven it's called the taco dana younglings meal and it's got black bean hummus and a bunch of different veggies and multi-grain crisps and there's some nuts in there allegedly and then there's this veggie dipping sauce and then if you get it with a water or a milk it meets those health standards but you can't sub in any other soda or something you'd like i don't actually know which what kid would eat this as a meal not me as a child i would have been all about the kids mac and cheese with fried chicken but if you can get your kid to eat this props to you and two if you're an adult looking for a snack this is a perfect healthy snack that we're gonna dig into that tastes like hummus in a good way it's crunchy because there's nuts and also because these fresh carrots i like helmet veggie oh into that creamy dressing it's thinner than most ranch but it does have some ranch it's ranch adjacent yeah so basically it's just hummus and space ranch and things to dip into it cucumbers cauliflower little tomatoes it's just a good healthy snack it's a fun atmosphere um another fun little tip about ron uh i'm sorry docking base seven is that right now ronto roadsters is closing early and once they close it's usually round three you can get the ronto wrap here so maybe you could do like you and another person could share this in a roncho wrap and get a little bit something healthier and a little something not healthy that would be a good solution as well as i keep eating this i'm realizing that the hummus has a little bit of a spice to it and it's got a crunch because of the nuts and i'm really enjoying it but again i say if your kids will eat this congratulations because you're doing something right 2020 was the year of the hollywood studios quick service restaurant glow up because i'm also going to recommend abc commissary to you as a quick service option if you're looking for something a little bit lighter which again a year ago i might have but two years ago i definitely wouldn't have but they've got a few new items on the menu since they reopened recently they've got pork tacos they've got shrimp tacos they've got a curry rice bowl with shrimp they've got a mediterranean salad with chicken they've got a plant-based burger so another really good spot to come if you want a quick service meal something a little bit lighter but a lot of flavor i had the shrimp tacos recently in a video a lot of flavor a little bit of heat really really yummy lunch not what i was expecting to get from abc commissary and i really enjoyed it so that's another great option for you jambo we're in animal kingdom now for the healthy eating challenge now animal kingdom loki has some of the best food and the best snacks of any of the disney parks so i'm actually really excited to find some things here that fit under those parameters of being a little healthier just because they use a lot of different flavors and spices in the lands like africa and asia so i feel like we're going to get something that's really really big on flavor but isn't as unhealthy as some other options so animal kingdom always one of my favorite parks to visit and i'm definitely excited to eat here today i am outside my favorite quick service restaurant in animal kingdom one of my favorites in all of walt disney world satouli canteen this is a quick service located in pandora you guys may know that i love love love their cheeseburger pods here i didn't think i could swing those for the healthy eating video though so what i've done instead is wanted to create your own bowls i really like these as well they got they've got tofu they've got beef they've got chicken and shrimp you pick what kind of protein you want you pick what kind of base you want they've got noodles they've got rice they've got salad um and then you pick what kind of sauce they want from the list you can customize it all in the app really really unique something you're not going to get somewhere else and i'm going to try the shrimp out because i've never tried that one it says it's got a little chili so i'm hoping there's a little spice but i've always enjoyed the beef and chicken ones i've had in the past so today it's time for shrimps here is my bowl so it's got some chili lime shrimp and then i went for the hearty salad so it's got some lettuce and tomato and cucumber and cauliflower and then it's got their slaw on top with the boba balls again you can customize this you can get it without any of that i chose for my sauce in the app the uh green onion vinaigrette but then when i was picking it up i also asked for the creamy herb dressing because that's my favorite one so feel free to ask i often like to ask for one of the sauces when i get the cheeseburger pods as well okay lunch time i'm gonna try this first just getting into the salad without any of the dressing oh i'm seeing some quinoa on here crisp lettuce i'm gonna try shrimpy on some oh my gosh okay no joke those shrimp are really good oh and they do have a little bit of a kick yes please yes yes green onion vinaigrette wow those shrimp definitely have a little bit of spice a little bit of heat which i love i love spicy food and i talk about it a lot disney doesn't always do actually spicy but those definitely have some heat in the back oh wow i may have just found a new favorite sauce here because i thought the creamy herb was good but now this charred green onion is like really full of flavor food is just a vehicle for sauce to get in my mouth while i will forever stand cheeseburger pods and they will forever be one of my favorite things in disney world this is very good it's very flavorful it's very fresh it's very light this is possibly the best thing i've eaten so far except for at the brown derby and again they've got chicken they've got tofu they've got steak and i don't feel like i'm compromising other than the fact i know i could be having cheeseburger pods but if this was anywhere else i wouldn't be sad i'm just only one percent said i don't have a cheeseburger another great place to come get a healthier lunch or dinner is right here in africa it's called the harambe market now it isn't open every day right now it's just open weekends or during busy times so you may get lucky or it may be closed but always good to check it out on the my disney experience app and their menu is kind of like flame tree barbecue and satuli canteen got smushed together so they've got grilled chicken they've got ribs but they've also got them in bowls with cilantro rice they've got a great salad on the menu another place where you're going to get a lot of flavor but it's going to be a little bit healthier method than say yeah flame tree behind me right here is a great spot to get a snack if you're looking for something a little lighter it is the harambe fruit market and they've got all kinds of fresh fruit as you can see they've got full-size apples and bananas and cuties they've got some trail mix um they also do have like mickey pretzels and hot dogs but what i love to get here is they have the street corn which is actually corn on the cob grilled right here and then they put it in some kind of spicy buttery mix which that's pretty healthy right i know butter isn't but corn is and it's a vegetable and it's healthier than something fried so we're gonna go with it but it is delicious one of my favorite spots in all of walt disney world you may know already is the nomad lounge which is right here and it's a great spot for some cocktails some relaxation but they also have a couple light bites that are actually on the healthy spectrum for starters they've got the tiffin's bread service tiffins being the signature restaurant right here also lots of flavor also could find some good stuff there but it's a couple different breads pitas non-crisp things like that and then they've got a bunch of different sauces and chutneys so that's a really good one very shareable they also do some impossible sliders there which if you are on a plant-based diet they are very very good i ate them on the day that i ate like a vegan for a day even though i am definitely not a vegan and those were one of my favorite things so definitely check out nomad lounge of course the real appeal is like cocktails which are historically healthy but they do have some healthy plates there made it to disney springs to wrap up this video there are of course a ton of great places to eat and drink at disney springs but i am headed to find some that are a little lighter a little healthier a little bit can accommodate specialty diets share with you a few of my favorites are you ready first things first we are headed to have dinner at the polight pig this is for sure one of my favorite quick service spots in disney springs in fact it may be my number one quick service spot in disney springs barbecue they've got brisket they've got chicken they've got pork they've got ribs all kinds of stuff and i'm gonna get something a little bit lighter and a little healthier which is not what i normally order all right so taking a look at the flight pig menu what i normally get and what i recommend is getting something from the smoker i usually go for the brisket and it serves with their jalapeno cornbread and slaw and you get to pick a side so we could do that but maybe go for something like a half chicken as opposed to brisket or pork we could go for the salmon they've also got some sandwiches this smoked chicken salad wrap looks pretty good um let's see oh fried chicken and low and slow brisket sandwich also sounds good but today's not the day they've also got a chipotle cob which sounds pretty good which you could add some meat to so there's definitely some good options here at politepig if you're doing like keto or something like that you could definitely make it work here or gluten-free because a lot of this stuff is of course meat-based talking about the sides looks like we've got a tomato watermelon salad roasted beets barbecue cauliflower crispy brussels sprouts street corn and then you've got like fries tots mac and cheese maybe those aren't the things you want to do if you're trying to eat a lot healthier but one of my favorite things that you can do here as well is you can do a sides platter where you choose three for 15 and then you just make a meal of sides which i have a hundred percent done before so definitely a lot of good options here at polite pig okay here is my food from polite pig and i gotta say i'm very excited about it as much as i would love to eating brisket and mac and cheese right now this actually looks and smells amazing so this is that cobb salad um this it comes in a giant metal bowl which is legit how i make salads at my house in giant mixing bowls but it's got hard-boiled egg some fire roasted corn a little bit of cheddar bacon tomato greens and then it's got a chipotle avocado dressing if you don't want any of this if you want to make it even healthier take the bacon off take the cheese off and then i added grilled chicken on to it so that comes on the side you can also do crispy chicken pork or brisket if you want to add a protein onto the salad and then i got a side of my favorite side here it's their crispy brussels sprouts and they are in a whiskey caramel sauce because you know what it's still brussels sprouts i'm still eating my vegetables and i'm really jazzed about this [Music] okay this salad is legit so good i love the chipotle avocado dressing i love that i can taste that the corn was fire roasted chicken cut really nicely obviously it's gigantic as someone who's lucky enough to come to disney springs frequently i will definitely order this again and if you are on a low carb diet or you want a salad i don't think you're gonna be mad about this because it's an excellent salad that said am i going to tell you to order this over brisket and grits and mac and cheese if this is your only time coming to play pig probably not but it is really good and as someone who's lucky enough to frequent this restaurant i'll definitely be getting this again and now the brussels sprouts are always delicious here i could drown in a bucket of these i'd be so happy i should stop eating so i can talk about it but i can't if you have someone in your family that's like i don't like barbarians tell us browns they got rose give them these and if they still don't like brussels sprouts i don't think that could happen honestly [Music] they're so good they're so crispy they have a little bit of a sweetness because of the caramel fabulous and again i know it's not as healthy to cook them in like saute them in a not whiskey caramel sauce but it's still a vegetable it still counts i really thought i'd spend this meal glaring at people eating brisket and mac and cheese and like i am a little bit like that lady over there has brisket and it looks really good um but i'm not sad i'm eating this there's a ton of flavor in this salad there's a ton of flavor in those brussels sprouts this is definitely an a plus location and like i said you could adapt a lot of different diets to it keto would be really easy with all of the meats gluten free would be really easy so yeah i'm still a big pig fan and think this is one that's adaptable to pretty much any diet you want to do except for maybe vegan this next one may surprise me but one place that you can actually eat pretty healthy is blaze fast fired pizza now i say that because a lot of people that are asking for eating a little healthier eating on a special diet there's some kind of allergy or special diet they have to follow and you can do that here at blaze they've got a gluten-free crust they've also got a keto crust and all of the pieces are totally customizable so if you don't want dairy go put dairy on it if you want to eat a plant-based diet you can only put plant-based items on there so there's a lot of flexibility and customizability they've also got some salads so when you go to blaze you can know you're making what you want and customizing it to have it your way taking a look at the menu you start with your dough they've got original dough they've got high-rise dough they've got gluten-free dough a cali crust and a ketone crust so they've got all different kinds of dough that can fit your needs and then they've got all different kinds of toppings that you put on your pizza they've got different sauces different vegetables all kinds of stuff so you can really customize it and make it your own headed to actually get dessert here in disney springs um but as far as disney springs go i don't know if it's 100 worth it to eat healthy if you're able to not um just because my favorite places here include homecoming which is southern food and known for things like fried chicken and biscuits or wine bar george which is a wine bar that also has got great tapas and meals they've got amazing short ribs they've got mac and cheese bites they've got cheese on fire charcuterie boards so i also love morimoto asia asian food does tend to be a little bit healthier but their ribs are amazing they've got some great different things so for me i was gonna eat anywhere in disney springs it would probably be like homecoming which is actually right there or morimoto or wine bar george which aren't the healthiest places but you can definitely find some healthier stuff like what i've been talking about another good spot you could try for a little bit of a healthier meal here at disney springs would be the boat house this is a signature seafood restaurant so obviously they're going to have some adult indulgences but they've also got a full oyster bar they're known for that they're known for their crab legs and different seafood so typically that's pretty healthy so you could probably grab something a little lighter there as well found my spot for dessert now i know desserts technically not healthy really anywhere but where we're grabbing dessert is aaron mckenna's bakery right here at disney's right near the boathouse the reason that i said aaron mckenna's is a good spot to eat dessert on this healthy eating video is because everything inside aaron mckenna's bakery is gluten free vegan soy free and kosher so a lot of times when people ask me to do healthier videos they're probably accommodating for an allergy or they're looking for an exclusion of a certain ingredient so i wanted to share aaron mckennis which is a great spot especially if you're on a gluten-free diet or you're on a plant-based diet you know anything that you get here is going to accommodate you oh goodness decisions decisions look at all this good stuff what are the most popular things you guys have she said that their most popular items are the pineapple upside down cake which i'm not a huge pineapple fan so that's not going to be for me uh this vanilla coco coconut cream cheese cupcake is really popular um as well as the lemon tea cake which i tried in the video where i did eat plant-based for a day so i'm gonna try the cupcake she suggested here is my cupcake what i like about these cupcakes i've had the cookie monster one before and it was really good uh they're really good size they're not gigantic like some disney cupcakes are they're like the perfect little bite so i'm excited to try this one [Music] nothing on the inside but i can definitely taste the coconut which i love coconut the cupcake itself it's a little thicker than maybe a non vegan cupcake would be and what i like about their cupcakes is they're not stiff and sweet like the cupcake defrosting ratio is very good so i know there's still sugar in this i know there's probably a bunch of oil in this to make up for the fact that there's not any butter but this is a dessert place you can go and know it'll be able to accommodate a couple different diets and different lifestyles so you know in that sense maybe it's a little healthier well friends that is a wrap on my healthy eating and walt disney world video i hope you had fun and learned something and to answer the big question is it worth it to eat healthy in walt disney world i think that all depends on what you're eating some of the meals and snacks that i enjoyed had so much flavor and they were so delicious there's things i would order again and again and i order all the time regardless of the fact that they're considered healthy or not but there were some other times where i felt yeah i'm definitely missing out by not ordering a signature item or ordering something that didn't have a ton of flavor so i think it all depends on what you want out of a meal but i hope i was able to help you see some great healthier items in walt disney world what's your favorite healthy item or healthy trick tip and share that in the comments but i hope what you saw was that there's a whole wide range of food at walt disney world from the healthiest to the unhealthiest in the meantime friends make sure to rate review subscribe to our channel follow us on instagram at all ears net until next time y'all i'm molly and it's been magical want to see more of my videos click over here want to subscribe you can do that right here and also ring that 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Channel: AllEars.net

Views: 131,557

Keywords: Disney World, Disney Parks, Disney Travel, Disney Trip, Disney planning, disney vacation, disney vlog, disney vlogger, disney video, Disney tips, orlando vacation, universal orlando, universal studios, islands of adventure, disney diet, disney dining, disney restaurants

Id: McCCIxC6H4s

Length: 41min 38sec (2498 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 30 2020