So main difference is, Chipotle bowls comes with rice but salads comes with veggies without rice. You can add rice if you like. But salad have more lettuce than normal. But the good thing is you can customize them as you like. You can get salad with rice and bowl with more lettuce like veggies
Chipotle Burrito Bowl
So steak is lower in calories and fat than chicken – it is not specified if the chicken is breast or not,so the fat could be coming from it being white AND dark meat, or it could be prepared with extra oil and fat. For the most part, the chicken, steak and barbacoa are very close macro-wise, so choose what you like, but don’t choose chicken thinking it’s “healthier,” lower in fat, or lower
in calories. Brown rice is generally a “healthier” choice if it’s long grain – it should be a tad higher in fiber and protein, slightly lower in carbs, and, one interesting thing about Chipotle specifically, is it’s also lower in sodium, which is very important. Black and pinto beans are not too different, and are both healthy choices. They do contain sodium, but choose whichever you prefer, or neither. If you want both, consider half and half, rather than doubling up. Fajita vegetables we would think should add fiber, but they don’t really add as much as I’d like. They are very low in fat and calories and will add volume and nutrition to my meal, so I’m adding them. For toppings, I’m going with the tomatillo green-chili salsa. It’s the lowest in sodium, which is really starting to add up for my meal, it’s low in calories, and has zero fat.
When it comes to our fattier elements like sour cream, cheese, and guacamole, we’ve got to decide when those calories and fat are worth it. The guac is definitely the most nutritious choice – and Chipotle’s guac is quite clean, containing only avocados, lime juice and spices – but still, it’s a lot of fat in one serving, and the servings are quite large. For this meal, I’m skipping it and depending on that salsa for flavor instead. add romaine lettuce, because, why not?
Chipotle Salad
What NOT to order with Chipotle salad: the VINAIGRETTE! – the vinaigrette at Chipotle has pretty horrendous stats, because it is a vinaigrette, which means it’s an oil base. We don’t know what type of oil that means, but regardless, 25 grams of fat and 270 calories for 2 ounces of dressing is a LOT. This is a classic example of where the dressing can nutritionally RUIN a healthy salad choice. Also, not to be forgotten: the fact that the sodium here is higher than almost any other item on the menu! AND there’s a whopping 12 grams of added sugar! 18 grams of carbs in a dressing?
Chipotle Tacos
The differences in tortilla choices are amazing. You would think the crispy would be worse because they’re fried, but the fat in the crispy and flour tortillas are the SAME, and the calories are actually HIGHER in the flour. The craziest part: that SODIUM! When we add the soft corn tortillas to the mix, we hit gold. Same calories as crispy, surprisingly, but only 1 gram of fat instead of 5 for the 2 shells. They are relatively low-sodium, but still higher in fiber because it’s corn rather than refined flour.
For meat, let’s switch it up this time and go with barbacoa. We already to know the situation with the protein from the first meal. For tacos, I’m not sure I need both rice AND beans, because one grain or starch is often enough to satisfy since we already have those taco shells
For salsa, it just wouldn’t be a classic taco without the fresh tomato salsa for me. It is high in sodium, but it’s the lowest in calories and the rest of my ingredients are lower in sodium than my previous meal to try to offer SOME sort of balance.
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