Applebee’s Florentine Ravioli with Chicken – Review

Applebee’s have recently added two new stuffed pasta dishes to its menu – Provolone Stuffed Meatballs and Florentine Ravioli with Chicken. And the good news is that both these menu items are available in its 2 for $20 menu.  So you can now savor the rich taste and aroma of these Italian dishes in Applebee’s 2 for $20 value menu.  These new items from Applebee’s menu can also be ordered as stand-alone items apart from the 2 for $20 menu.  The new stuffed pasta dishes now pair up with Applebees menu items which include Boneless Buffalo Wings, Fish N Chips, Riblets, Honey Grilled Salmon, and Chicken Quesadilla.  We have already reviewed ‘Provolone Stuffed Meatballs With Fettuccini‘ in our last post.  In this post, we will give a review of Applebee’s ‘Florentine Ravioli with Chicken’.

Applebees Florentine Ravioli Chicken comprises of half moon raviolis filled with a mixture of spinach and tender Italian cheese, served over a bed of spinach, chopped Bruschetta tomatoes, mushrooms, onions and roasted red peppers cooked with brown butter and herbs; and all this is topped with Applebee’s Alfredo sauce with roasted garlic.  And, on top of the dish you will find sliced grilled chicken and shaved Parmesan cheese, and the dish is served with breadstick.  The portions are quite generous and filling.

The effect of these contrasting ingredients is just marvelous.  The combination of the ravioli, grilled chicken, Alfredo sauce and spinach is really very delicious.  It is very difficult to get this taste in home made dishes.  The grilled chicken and pasta blended with other ingredients also have a great visually appeal.  The dish is also a good choice for those who love veggies as there are a lot of vegetables in the entrée.

Applebees menu has several pasta dishes apart from the Florentine Ravioli.  These include Chicken Broccoli Pasta Alfredo Bowl, Three Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta and Spicy Shrimp Diavolo.  If you order the new pasta dishes as stand-alone items, they are all priced at just $9.99.

We would rate the dish as 4.5 on a scale of 5.  There is one note however for the calorie conscious eater.  If you are looking for a lower calorie option, you can have this dish once in a while – but not regularly, even if its taste is addictive.   This dish has 1,320 calories coming from 88 gms of fat, 70 gms of carbs, 6 gms of fiber and 65 gms of proteins.  There are many healthy options in Applebee’s Weight Watcher’s menu and Under 550 calorie menu for health conscious people.

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Review of Applebees Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine

Applebee’s 2 for $20 menu deal offers a great value.  This is a super price saver where two people can share an appetizer and two entrees from the value menu for only $20.  The value menu is now stuffed with more flavors and includes two new pasta dishes – Provolone stuffed meatballs with Fetuccine and Florentine Ravioli with Chicken.  Other dishes which are available in the 2 for $20 menu are Riblet Basket, 7 oz. Sirloin, Chicken Tenders Basket, Three-Cheese Chicken Penne, Fiesta Lime Chicken, and Oriental Chicken Salad.  In this article,  we will review Provolone stuffed meatballs with Fetuccine.

The Provolone Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine looks very delicious from its picture in the menu.  The dish is basically Italian meatballs which have a stuffing  of rich creamy provolone cheese, basked in savory marinara and served on fettuccine pasta smothered with creamy Alfredo sauce.

The meatballs are of pretty good size and there’s quite a lot of provolone cheese stuffed inside them.  Provolone is indeed a good choice for cheese that goes very well in taste with the meatballs.  You’d absolutely love the combination.  There is also a hint of red chili pepper on the meatballs – that adds to the flavor but does not make it too spicy.  This particular dish does not come with any side dishes like garlic bread that normally accompany Applebees menu items. But, even without the extras, the pasta is quite filling.

Though this new exotic dish is very delicious, we should warn you that it is not for the calorie conscious eaters. America has a fetish for cheese and this dish is one prominent example.  Every item in this dish suffers from cheese overload.  Especially, the meatballs are served on a bed of fetuccine with creamy Alfredo sauce – which contains lot of butter, cheese and oil.  In fact, one serving of Applebee’s Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs with Fettuccine contains a whooping 1,550 calories !  Nutrition breakdown is : 15% protein, 29% carbs and 56% fat.

If you try a similar dish in a good Italian restaurant, it would not be better than what Applebee’s offers and you would have to pay a much higher price.  Next time, we will review Applebee’s Florentine Ravioli with Chicken.

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Applebee’s Carside To Go Menu

There are many times you don’t like to cook and wish to have restaurant food in the comforts of your home with your near and dear ones.  Applebee’s To Go Menu offers all that and much more.  You just need to pick up your phone, call your nearest Applebee’s restaurant and place your order.  The next step is just to drive to the Applebee’s location, park your car in Applebee’s Carside To Go parking area.  You don’t need to step out of the car; just pay at pickup when a server delivers your order.

With Applebee’s to go service, you can experience the same great food you find at Applebee’s restaurant – tasty appetizers, mouthwatering burgers, delicious steaks, healthy salads, and more -  wherever you want it, whenever you want it.

Applebee’s To Go Menu  – Ordering Process

Applebee’s To Go Menu offers all the items available in the regular Applebees menu list, except the daily specials.  You can order almost any dish from the menu as there is no difference in the Applebees to go menu and the dine-in menu and.  Continue Reading »
Applebee’s To Go Menu

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Applebee’s Special Offer for July 4, 2011

It is the time to celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July, and what can be better than celebrating the day with your family at Applebee’s?  Families are going to have a wonderful time with Applebee’s special offer for July 4, 2011, which includes up to two free meals for kids with every entree an adult purchases.  All children below the age of 12 are eligible, and you must dine-in.

This wonderful offer Applebee’s Kids Eat Free is only available  to children accompanied by their parent and who choose to dine-in.  You can choose from the mouth watering dishes such as hot dog, fried shrimp, grilled cheese sandwich, cheese and Kraft macaroni, chicken fingers and mini cheeseburgers.  The kids thus have plenty of delicacies to choose from.

This wonderful offer of kids eating free on July 4 is available at all the outlets of Applebee located at Totowa, Paramus, Northvale, North Bergen, Hackensack, Clifton, Garfield, Orange, Butler, Wallingford, Torrington, Manchester, Plainville, Mansfield, and Groton.

As always the free meals for two kids for every adult is an added attraction. What is wonderful at Applebee’s is that you also come to know about the calorie count and you can choose the food appropriately.  Apart form July 4,  free meals are offered for kids on other important holidays too.  But you need to call up and check your nearest location.  Although free meals are available for up to two kids, if there are more than two kids, do not despair.  You just need to pay an additional $1 for each additional kid.

Applebee’s Menu for July – New Stacked, Stuffed & Topped Entrees

What more, at just $9.99, for the month of July, Applebee’s has come up with Stacked, Stuffed and Topped entrees. You are surely going to love these dishes as they come in great flavors. Here are some of the new dishes in Applebee’s menu. Continue Reading »
Kids Eat Free at Applebee’s July 4