Earlier this summer, Noodles and Company invited me to try the new salads on its menu. The American version is a spinach and fresh fruit salad, the Asian version is a Chinese chop salad and the Mediterranean version is a Med salad, which is what I ordered. It’s made up of romaine, mixed greens, tomato, cucumbers, red onion, olives, cavatappi pasta, spicy yogurt dressing and feta, and I followed the restaurant’s suggestion and added marinated steak to it.
At first glance, I thought I was given just a few pieces of steak, but I was delightfully surprised to find a lot more hiding beneath the greens. Overall the Med salad is a wonderful combination of flavors, though I was indifferent to the pasta. Frankly, it’s nice to see Noodles and Company expand its menu for non-carb lovers like me.
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I didn’t have high expectations at first, but I actually really like the new Spicy Chicken McBites at McDonald’s. It’s not like popcorn chicken that’s 95 percent breading; rather, it’s a sizable portion of chicken breast with a little kick (spicy but not too spicy).
It’s an easy snack in the car if you don’t care to eat a sandwich, and you can choose from snack size, regular (as seen in the photo) or shareable.
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It’s not that new, but I wanted to write about the Pizza Hut Dinner Box. Since I ordered it originally, Pizza Hut has added another size. So the original version is now called the Big Dinner Box and comes with two medium, one-topping pizzas, breadsticks and your choice of wings or pasta.
The plain Dinner Box consists of one, one-topping pizza, breadsticks and cinnamon sticks. At $19.99 and $10, respectively, I think they’re great deals for the amount of food you get. And now Aaron Rodgers is endorsing it, so what does that say?
In March, 
Taco Bell has been advertising the hell out of its Doritos Locos taco. The taco itself is fine, but I was disappointed the bland shell didn’t taste more like a Dorito. For instance, you don’t get any of that cheesy residue on your fingers, part of the fun of eating Doritos.
Sonic has some great burgers, but now I’ll be sure to order its hot dogs, too. I tried the new Wholly Guacamole Dog, which comes with jalapenos, tomatoes, diced onions, cheese sauce, pepperjack cheese and of course, guacamole. Lots of flavor here. I would definitely get it again, though next time I would hold the pepperjack cheese, as I didn’t feel it added anything to the final product (weird texture, too).
