Making healthier choices at the Taste of Chicago with Humana

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This year at the Taste of Chicago, Humana is offering healthier options and I have teamed up with them to give away tickets to the Taste of Chicago! 

If you and your loved ones are looking for the lighter side of food at taste of Chicago, Humana is making it easy! 

Just look for the little green apple indicators next to the food items on participating booths.

Get your rewards tag stamped at participating restaurant booths after sampling any Humana Healthier Choices food item, sharing your experience via Instagram and mentioning @Humana, #TasteofChi, #HealthierChoices or completing

an activity at the Humana Walk & Wellness Station in the Humana Well-being Experience on Columbus Drive.
Earn six stamps to be entered for a chance to win prizes. Drop off your completed rewards tag at the Humana Walk & Wellness Station. Prize drawings will be held Sunday, July 12, starting at 8:45 p.m. at the Humana tent.
Humana Healthier Choices Rewards Program rules

• Must be 18 years or older to participate
  
• Only one entry perperson
  
• Need not be present 
  
• No purchase necessary
  
• Subject to official rules, available by mail at 
  7915 N Hale Ave., Suite D, Peoria, IL 61615 or
  on-site during the event promotion at the Humana booth located on Columbus Drive
  
• Odds of winning depend on number of entries, which Humana can not predict
  
• Winners list available after July12,2015, by writing to 
  7915 N Hale Avenue,SuiteD, Peoria, IL 61615  

Look for the Green Apple
at participating Humana Healthier Choices restaurants.

Participating restaurants

2015

Ms. Tittle’s Cupcake
red velvet cupcake mini – V
Starfruit Café
frozen mango kefir with granola – V
frozen mango kefir (taste portion) – V
frozen original kefir with fresh blueberries – V
frozen original kefir (taste portion) – V
Star of Siam  mango sorbet – V 
The Fudge Pot
chocolate frozen baby banana – V
chocolate dipped strawberry – V
Gluten-free
Here are options for our gluten-sensitive consumers, although they may not meet the Humana Healthier Choices criteria listed above.
Dia De Los Tamales
Slow Roasted Cuban Pork Tamale
Spicy Black Bean & Corn Tamale - Vegan
Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese Tamale
Roasted Pepper Goat Cheese Tamale – V Slow Roasted Cuban
Pork Tamale (taste portion) Spicy Black Bean & Corn
Tamale - Vegan (taste portion)

V = Vegetarian
Appetizers/snacks
• Under 320 calories
• Under 300 mg of sodium • Under 2 g of saturated fat
Beat Kitchen
veggie (vegan) burger (taste portion) – V
BJ’s Market
mustard fried catfish (taste portion)
Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill grilled steak taco
(taste portion) grilled chicken taco
(taste portion)
DonerMen
Doner kebab (taste portion) – V Farmer’s Fridge
watermelon hibiscus gazpacho
(taste portion) – V
avocado toast (taste portion) – V
Haire’s Gulf Shrimp
shrimp on a stick (taste portion)
Jin Ju
chap chae (taste portion) – V Lou Malnati’s
Malnati salad (taste portion) – V
Mariano’s
cornonthecob–V O’Brien’s Restaurant
Celtic corn on the cob – V Main course
• Under 500 calories
• Under 500 mg of sodium • Under 4 g of saturated fat
Beat Kitchen
veggie (vegan) burger – V BJ’s Market
mustard fried catfish

Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill grilled steak taco grilled chicken taco
Chicago’s Dog House
smoked alligator (taste portion)
smoked rattlesnake
with rabbit (taste portion)
DonerMen
Doner kebab – V kebab salad
Farmer’s Fridge
watermelon hibiscus gazpacho – V
avocado toast – V Gino’s Steaks Truck
vegetable with cheese sandwich - V
Iyanze
vegetable spinach and plantains – V
jerk chicken (taste portion)
Jin Ju
chap chae – V Kasia Deli
chicken ke-bob curry rice with vegetables
La Cocinita
chicken taco (taste portion) black bean and cheese arepa
with Venezuelan guacamole – V
Lou Malnati’s
Malnati salad – V

Star of Siam
grilled chicken satay with peanut sauce and cucumber salad
The Fat Shallot
grilled cheese (taste portion) – V
Dessert
• Under 320 calories
• Under 300 mg of sodium • Under 2 g of saturated fat
Caffe Gelato
lemon sorbet (taste portion) – V
blood orange sorbet – V peach cobbler gelato
(taste portion) – V chocolate hazelnut gelato – V
Dinky Donuts
2 dinky donuts (taste portion) – V
Franco’s Ristorante
Italian lemon ice -V Italian lemon ice
(taste portion) – V Italian watermelon ice – V Italian watermelon ice
(taste portion) – V La Mexicana
strawberry paleta (taste portion) – V
strawberry paleta – V mango paleta – V lemon-lime paleta – V watermelon paleta
(taste portion) – V watermelon paleta – V
Mariano’s
sliced watermelon – V

Humana will host a healthy food cook-off between Chicago Bears Alum Tom Thayer and WXRT Mary Dixon at 12:30pm CT on Saturday, July 11. The cook-off will also feature special guest judges such as Chicago Bear Alum Tom Waddle and DJ Johnny Mars. 


To enter to win Taste of Chicago tickets, email info@agirlandherfood.com and winner will be announced tomorrow at noon on my Twitter and Facebook! 

“The information and Taste tickets have been provided by Humana so that I could try Humana’s Healthier Choices and share my thoughts and information about Humana’s Healthier Choices. The opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Humana."