Getting ready for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Want something fast but without the fast food feeling? Choosing to be healthy and trying to hold a diet? Well, New Yorkers, look no further, Energy Kitchen is just around the corner. This company which started in late 2004 now has 8 locations though out Manhattan and even 1 in Hoboken. The motto of this new edge on fast food is, "Nothing Over 500 Calories", and despite this, the food is amazingly filling and very tasty.

Owners Randy Schechter and Anthony Leone who are native New Yorkers and have been friends since their teens were getting fed up with their choices of healthy food in New York. Working in corporate America and having to often eat on the run, they were never left with many options. So they embarked on creating the market instead of searching for it, and 6 years later they are on a fast pace to bring Energy Kitchen to all of America.  

"The goal is 1000 stores in 10 years", says partner Schechter. "We are building to become national and be able to offer the same consistent healthy food to Americans all over, currently our next move is a store in the Upper West Side and soon after we will be opening in So. Florida."

Well today was my first chance to try this healthy fast food, and let me tell you, I was thoroughly impressed.  Here in Grapevine offices we were able to try a small sampling of their extraordinary menu. For starters there was the "Energy Breakfast Sandwich" comprised of 5 egg whites, low fat mozzarella, turkey bacon and served on a honey whole wheat english muffin. Perfect! Next on the menu was the Bison Cheesesteak. 

Bison and Ostrich are served as protein alternatives to beef, they hold less fat and are richer in protein, so you get a bigger bang for your already inexpensive buck. This was topped with mushrooms, low fat American cheese and wrapped in a whole wheat, and the Bison meat is zesty and more filling and less fattening than beef. All of this was washed down with a delectable Peanut Better smoothie.  The skim milk, natural peanut butter, banana and chocolate protein were  savory and fresh all blended up together. 

I wish we could have sampled more! The food all smells, looks and tastes as good as you can imagine. Everything is baked, grilled or steamed, no oil or butter is ever used! No frying! and no greasiness from any of their menu items

Energy Kitchen has an expansive menu and is ever growing. they are working towards getting as Green as possible. Their Menus are printed on recycled paper using soy ink. their website is filled with info on the nutritional elements of all their dishes so as to help customers with their already healthy decisions. Check out their website here at EnergyKitchen and the next time you are looking for some good eats, push that burger away and stop by the Energy Kitchen.