Friday, February 12, 2016

Healthy Dining at Freshii (Boston, MA)

When you eat out as much as I do, and eat as much unhealthy stuff as I do, a dinner filled with salads and healthy options is a welcomed change. A couple weeks ago that change came in the form of a blogger dinner at Freshii in Back Bay.
Freshii
Freshii is a fast food franchise out of Canada that focuses on fresh, healthy items like salads, wraps, juices and such. They have multiple locations in Boston including one on Dartmouth St in Back Bay.

We tasted samples of quite a few things during dinner including the popular Metaboost Salad (field greens, spinach, kale, mangos, carrots, edamame, almonds, goat cheese, balsamic vinaigrette)
Freshii

Mediterranean Salad (half quinoa, half field greens, red onions, kalamata olives, feta cheese, cucumbers, roasted red peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, almonds, red pepper sauce)
Freshii
I liked both salads and had a hard time choosing. I like the goat cheese and the almonds in the Metaboost but the feta cheese with the red pepper dressing was quite nice as well.

Freshii also lets you build-your-own salads and bowls, but if you have a hard time choosing, you can try one of their signature bowls like the Buddha's Satay bowl (rice noodles, crispy wontons, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, green onions, peanut sauce)
Freshii

Freshii also has "burritos" but don't be expecting the traditional burrito of meat, salsa, beans, and rice - unless you order the Tex Mex burrito, which is exactly that minus the meat. For example, the Baja burrito is filled with quinoa, avocado, red onions, cilantro, green onions, cabbage, salsa, pico de gallo. Pictured below is the mini burritos that they made for parties.
Freshii


For the winter months, Freshii is also serving some vegan chili - because sometimes it's just too cold for a salad and you need something warm and hearty.
Freshii

Just because we're eating "healthy" doesn't mean we can't indulge ... in some frozen yogurt. I can tell you that the frozen yogurt is low fat or whatnot, but I don't really care about that - what I care about is how rich and deliciously decadent the chocolate frozen yogurt was!
Freshii
All in all, Freshii is a great alternative to other fast food chains to have in any city. I also like how they showcase local products and vendors. In the Boston locations, you'll find some New England products from the potato chips to the sodas to energy bars.
Freshii

Freshii

It's a nice way to add personality to franchises like these!

Freshii
185 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116
(857) 277-0200
Freshii Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

Disclosure: this visit was hosted as part of a group dinner with Blog and Tweet Boston

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