I eat in restaurants only about once a week and I never eat fast food. When I go to a restaurant it is mainly for a social purpose like meeting with friends for celebrating something special. The main reason I avoid restaurants is that I like to cook, but I also like to control what goes into the foods I eat.

Restaurants are pretty good about hiding the nutritional information found in their foods and it’s easy to add a lot of calories, fat, or sodium just by adding a seemingly-innocent side dish. AOL Health has put together a list of 18 side dishes that you might want to reconsider ordering the next time around.

I haven’t personally eaten a single item from this list - mostly because none of these items look too appetizing to me (the Starbucks Apple Fritter does look pretty good I will admit). The surprising item from the list was the Caesar Side Salad from Boston Market with 40 grams of fat and a whopping 980mg of sodium. It’s a salad, that HAS to be good for you right? The White Castle Fish Nibblers Sack has 2980mg of sodium - if you want fish you might be better off with some tilapia.

Here is the list in its entirety:

1. Boston Market Creamed Spinach

   Calories: 280
   Fat: 23g
   Sodium: 580mg

2. Taco Bell Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes

   Calories: 290
   Fat: 17g
   Sodium: 830mg

3. Quizno’s Snickerdoodle Cookie

   Calories: 400
   Fat: 16g
   Sodium: 280 mg

4. McDonald’s Cinnamon Melts

   Calories: 460
   Fat: 19g
   Sodium: 370mg

5. Wendy’s Large French Fries

   Calories: 550
   Fat: 26 g
   Sodium: 480 mg

6. Starbucks Apple Fritter

   Calories: 490
   Fat: 22g
   Sodium: 290mg

7. White Castle Fish Nibblers Sack

   Calories: 1090
   Fat: 56g
   Sodium: 2980mg

8. KFC Biscuit

   Calories: 220
   Fat: 11 g
   Sodium: 640 mg

9. Au Bon Pain Rosemary Garlic Breadstick

   Calories: 180
   Fat: 5g
   Sodium: 710mg

10. Au Bon Pain Macaroni and Cheese Stew

    Calories: 440
    Fat: 26g
    Sodium: 1280mg

11. Burger King Onion Rings Large

    Calories: 440
    Fat: 15g
    Sodium: 440 mg

12. KFC Potato Wedges

    Calories: 260
    Fat: 13 g
    Sodium: 800 mg

13. Chipotle Chips & Guacamole

    Calories: 710 Fat: 37 g
    Sodium: 740 mg

14. Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Chunk Cookie

    Calories: 540
    Fat: 23 g
    Sugar: 48 g
    Sodium: 550 mg

15. Cosi Rustic Flatbread

    Calories: 265
    Fat: 3 g
    Sodium: 740 mg

16. Boston Market Caesar Side Salad

    Calories: 400
    Fat: 40g
    Sodium: 980mg

17. Domino’s Breadsticks

    Calories: 110
    Fat: 6 g
    Sodium: 100 mg

18. Domino’s BBQ Buffalo Wings w/Blue Cheese Dipping Sauce

    Calories: 440
    Fat: 36g
    Sodium: 800mg

[AOL Health]