18 grams of fat on a plate of broccoli. 10 of them saturated. Milk is listed.
Broccoli itself is nearly fat-free, so the milk on the allergen list and the saturated fat point to butter, which is the usual restaurant finish for a steamed green vegetable.
260 calories, nearly double the Green Beans at 140. If you want the lightest green side, order the Grilled Asparagus, at 120.
No allergens are listed and the menu tags them vegan, which makes a side of fries one of the few things here that suit almost any diet on paper.
The portion is large. 1,060 calories and 1,480 mg of sodium. The Kids' French Fries are 300.
12 grams of fiber, second among the 11 sides. $6.95 to $7.95.
8 grams of fiber. Among the 11 sides, only the two kinds of fries have more.
Corn is sweet on its own, 11 grams of sugar here, and milk on the allergen list points to butter, which is what takes the side to 270 calories and 14 grams of fat.
610 mg of sodium. Vegetarian. $7.50 to $8.50.
At 140 calories, only the Grilled Asparagus, at 120, is a lighter side.
They also have the least protein of the 11 sides, 3 grams. Milk is listed and 6 of the 10 grams of fat are saturated, which points to butter. Butter is the right finish for a green bean.
Order them beside a steak. At 300 mg of sodium, they barely register.
At 120 calories and 8 grams of carbohydrate it's the lightest of the 11 sides on both counts, and the one I'd put beside any heavy main on this menu.
Milk is listed. So there's butter. 380 mg of sodium.
The spears also come with the Grilled Steak Medallions and the Herb Crusted Filet of Salmon. $8.95 as a side.
It's listed as a side dish, yet at 1,550 calories it outweighs the Chicken Madeira entrée by 250.
No other side comes close. French Fries, the next-heaviest, are 1,060, and the Mashed Potatoes are 450. This bowl also has 109 grams of fat and 2,690 mg of sodium, the highest figures in the section on both counts, along with 50 grams of protein.
Order it as a vegetarian main. Next to a 1,300-calorie entrée, it more than doubles the meal.
A side of mashed potatoes is 450 calories. The entire Kids' Grilled Chicken plate, chicken and vegetables and its own scoop of mash included, is 460.
That's the butter and cream. Potatoes on their own are mostly starch and water. These are coarse rather than whipped, with the red skins left in, and milk is the only allergen. Vegetarian.
With 25 grams of fat, 820 mg of sodium and 5 grams of protein, the mash is the thing to leave behind on any plate that comes with it if you're watching calories.
At 650 calories, a side of spinach outweighs the Mashed Potatoes by 200, which is the reverse of what I'd have guessed.
Spinach itself is almost nothing. A pound of raw leaves wilts to about a cup and a half, so the fat it cooks in does the heavy lifting, and here that means 67 grams, 41 of them saturated.
Milk is listed. Only the Macaroni & Cheese carries more fat among the sides. Sodium is 1,100 mg.
15 mg of sodium, the lowest of the 11 sides. No allergens.
Against the white rice it has 20 fewer calories, 6 grams of fiber to 2 and less than a fifth of the sodium, because the bran layer stays on, though the white rice oddly shows more protein, 10 grams to 7.
$2.95. Swap it in under any saucy plate. 420 calories.
At $2.50 it's the cheapest side on the menu, 1.5 grams of fat make it the leanest, and at 440 calories it's nearly level with a side of Mashed Potatoes.
98 grams of carbohydrate. No allergens listed. 80 mg of sodium.
Brown rice costs 45 cents more and brings 4 more grams of fiber. I'd pay it.
Order these for flavour, not health. They carry 156 grams of carbohydrate against 152 in the French Fries, and 32 grams of sugar against 1.
Where they do win is salt and fiber, with 1,120 mg of sodium to the regular fries' 1,480 and 14 grams of fiber to 12, plus the beta-carotene that makes the flesh orange.
1,010 calories. No allergens are listed. They're the highest-carb side on the menu.