OMG!! The vegetable burger is how much?

So tonight we were at Kelsey's for dinner.  It is not my favourite restaurant in the world but the kids like it and there are some relatively healthier options on their menu (or so I thought there would be).

It wasn't a definite that we were going out to dinner so I hadn't saved myself a tonne of points/calories for a huge, high calorie/high fat meal.  I really should have planned in advance just in case.

I decide on the way there that I'll just get a salad with a glass of water with lemon (as opposed to a glass of wine or other alcoholic beverage).  When we got there and I checked out the salad options on their menu, I was definitely disappointed.  There were only 4 salads to choose from and even their garden salad sounded awful (who puts raisins in a garden salad)?!  I wish restaurants would just have a regular garden salad chock full of all veggies imaginable.  You know, like the one you would make at home - lettuce, celery, cucumbers, carrots, peppers etc.  So, I opted for the vegetable burger with a salad on the side.  I figured that it couldn't be too high in points/calories, could it? 

WRONG!!  Bad choice!

I enjoyed the burger and the salad and stayed away from the desserts.  I don't usually have desserts at restaurants anyways but sometimes it is tempting!  When I got home, I decided to check out the nutritional info of the vegetable burger on the Kelsey's website and then plugged the info (fat, carbs, protein & fibre) into the Weight Watchers calculator: 22 points.  OMG, 22?  That is almost all of my daily points/calories.  Are you freakin' serious?  Here I was thinking that I was choosing a "healthier option" and the thing turns out to be loaded in tonnes of fat (I can't remember how many grams but I think it was over 30).  Frig. 

I definitely see trips to Kelsey's in the future because the kiddies like it.  I'll just have to check out what other vegetarian options they have and go from there.

Oh, and by the way, if you are wondering why I keep referring to points/calories it is because a lot of you may not know what the point system is all about.  The points are calculated taking into consideration the fat, carbs, protein and fibre.  Even though they don't calculate the actual calories, I believe the allotted points a person is given in a day is the equivalent of the amount of calories a person should consume in a day.  Not to say that I am supposed to have 29 calories a day but 29 points is probably the equivalent of how many calories I should eat (based on weight and age).  

Good night.