So Wednesday night we hit the road at 6:45pm with no snacks or veggie tray 🙁

We got on the turnpike and at about 8pm decided to stop at a service plaza because the boys were still awake and hungry. There were 3 options: Wendy’s, pizza hit and dunkin donuts. Pizza hut was closed. We chose Wendys and thought, we could get baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese, a side of chill, and a grilled chicken sandwich for the boys and give them the the grilled chicken with the potato. When we ordered at the service plaza, we were told that there was only one baked potato at the store. One baked potato. That’s it. We ordered it and instead opted for salads for ourselves with grilled chicken. But when we asked for the grilled chicken sandwich and the grilled chicken on our salads, we were told that we would have to wait 10 minutes because the grilled chicken had to be prepared.

They had plenty of french fries and the crispy fried chicken readily available but what not the healthier alternatives…. This made me realize that its not entirely Wendy’s fault. They don’t prepare it because there is no demand for it. They couldn’t dream of running low on french fries but the baked potatoes are less popular.

We ended up getting 1 baked potato, broccoli and cheese, a side of chill, 2 salads, and the grilled chicken for the boys.

The truth is we weren’t satisfied with our meal. We’re not used to the greens from the salad we ate…We like the dark greens. The options for salad dressing make the salad super sugary, instead of the olive oil and vinegar we’re used to. The cheese on the broccoli was obviously processed and gross and they put like 4 little stems of broccoli in there. The kids loved it though. The chili was ok.

The experience made me regret not having taken some prepared food in the car to have, or even some sandwiches on ezekiel bread. We tried to opt for the “healthiest” alternatives they had at wendys but really i’m not sure how much better we ate. I think the next time I do Wendy’s I would skip the salads all together and order a grilled chicken sandwich with no fries. And hope they have more baked potatoes because the grilled chicken sandwich would not fill me up!!!!! I eat healthy but I eat a lot!!!!!