Healthy Restaurants in Frisco & Plano, TX: A Functional Medicine Practitioner's Picks
By Christine Boudreau, LPC, Functional Medicine Practitioner | Last Updated October 6, 2026
Where I Eat Healthy in Frisco and Plano (and Why I Wrote This)
I'm Christine Boudreau, LPC, AFMCP, functional medicine practitioner, licensed therapist, and founder of DOTS Wellness, a functional medicine clinic at Hall Park in Frisco. My clients and friends often ask me where they can eat healthy in Frisco and Plano.
I have to be honest: it's not easy to eat healthy in a state known for BBQ and chicken fried steak. But as a life-long Texan and Frisco resident for more than two decades, I can confirm it is possible to eat healthy here. In this guide, I'll show you how.
I'll share with you where I eat the most frequently, what I usually order, how I modify it, and why I order it. I select these restaurants because they support my personal mission to eat for my gut health and my mental health.
The good news is you don't need a perfect meal every time you eat out. You just need a few reliable places and a few simple habits, which is exactly what I'm going to share with you.
Also, it's important to note that I do not receive any paid endorsements or sponsorships from any of these restaurants. Although, as frequently as I eat at these places, I should at least get a Customer of the Month plaque on the wall! ;) These are the places I genuinely enjoy, and you'll likely spot me there at lunch or dinner on any given day.
How I Choose Healthy Restaurants
When I'm looking for a healthy restaurant, I look for 4 key things:
Ingredient Quality
This is really important to me. I look for restaurants built around whole foods: real vegetables, quality proteins, and minimal processing. If the menu reads like a list of ingredients you'd recognize from the produce area and fresh meat/poultry/fish area of a grocery store, that's a good sign. It would be ideal if restaurants served food that is organic, grass-fed, pasture- and humanely-raised, pesticide-free, herbicide-free, steroid-free, and toxin-free, but it is genuinely hard to find.
Restaurants that proudly serve clean food get bonus points from me. For instance, one restaurant on my list uses the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) Dirty Dozen to guide their produce choices, and I eat there about once per week.
I'm confident that one day in the future, we'll look back on these times and wonder why it was common for food to contain unnecessary steroids, pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. I dream about the day when all restaurants and grocery stores only sell clean, organic food. The good news is we have the power to change the food industry by voting with our dollars and buying clean, organic food when possible. In the meanwhile, when organic food isn't available, focus on eating a large variety of vegetables and minimally processed foods to help your body feel its best.
Cooking Oils Used
I favor restaurants that are open about what they cook with, and I'm not shy about asking. Oils can change, so it's always worth confirming. I prefer restaurants that cook with extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) or avocado oil.
Customizable Menus
The easier it is to build your own meal, the easier it is to eat well. I look for menus where you can swap a side, skip the sauce, add a protein, or put dressing on the side without any fuss.
Allergen Transparency
Whether you're gluten-free, dairy-free, or just paying attention to what you eat, clear labeling makes life easier. Restaurants that publish allergen information and train their staff to answer questions earn extra points from me.
9 Tips for Eating Healthy at Any Restaurant
Even at the best places, how you order matters. These are the habits I use myself and share with clients:
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Look at the menu before you go. Most restaurants post their menus online. Choosing your meal ahead of time means you're not deciding while you're hungry and the bread basket is on the table.
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Build your plate around protein and vegetables. Start with a quality protein (like chicken, fish, steak, beef, or turkey) and add plenty of vegetables. Then add a bit of healthy fats (like avocado, extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO), or nuts). If it suits you, add a small portion of whole-food carbs, like quinoa or brown rice.
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Eat the rainbow. Try to have a variety of colors at each meal because that equals a variety of nutrients. Like purple cabbage, green broccoli, orange carrots, brown nuts, light green avocado, dark green arugula/spinach/kale, red apples, etc.
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Ask how it's cooked. Questions like "What oil do you cook with?" or "Can this be grilled instead of fried?" are normal, and most servers are happy to check with the kitchen.
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Get sauces and dressings on the side or skip them completely. They're often where hidden sugar, refined oils, and extra calories come from. With the dressing on the side, you stay in control of how much you use. I usually just dip my fork tines in the sauce to get a bit of flavor. Sometimes, I replace the sauce with a mix of extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) and vinegar, which nearly all restaurants have on hand. Plus, EVOO is an excellent healthy fat.
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Avoid dried fruits. Salads might come with dried cranberries, dates, and other dried fruits. I avoid them because they're concentrated in naturally occurring sugar.
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Avoid the bread and chips. I typically skip restaurants that offer free bread or chips while you wait on your meal. It's too tempting for me personally, and I don't want the simple carbs because they can cause a rapid rise in blood sugar. In addition, bread might contain sugar, and I try to avoid sugar like the plague.
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Drink unsweet green tea instead of black tea. Green tea has great benefits: higher levels of antioxidants, especially EGCG, and it contains both caffeine and L-theanine, which provides a state of relaxed alertness without jitteriness.
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Don't aim for perfect. One meal out won't make or break your health. Focus on what you can control, make the best choice available, and enjoy your time with the people you're with.
My Favorite Healthy Restaurants in Frisco & Plano
Original Chop Shop | Plano TX
I love the Original Chop Shop, especially the location at The Shops of Legacy in Plano. It's my go-to restaurant when I need something quick, reliable, and healthy. There are several locations around the Frisco-Plano area so I'm sure you can find one near you.
What I Usually Order
Teriyaki Chicken Bowl + Pineapple Green Tea
How I Modify It
This highly customizable bowl comes with chicken, 2 bases (a variety of choices), 1/2 an avocado, and a few sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
My modifications: I remove the teriyaki sauce. For my bases, I choose (1) roasted veggies and (2) "half & half", which means you get to pick 2 items, so really it's like getting 3 bases!
For the "half and half," I do half cauliflower rice (small extra fee) and half sweet potatoes. Next, I add arugula (small extra fee). For some odd reason, you cannot add arugula to an online order, but you can add it at the self-kiosk in the store. I've found this to be true for other items as well. So frustrating. Also, this bowl used to come with Brussels sprouts, but recently, Chop Shop removed Brussels sprouts from their menu completely, and I'm still mourning the loss.
Why I Choose It
It provides a variety of colors (eat the rainbow!), flavors, and nutrients. It is a satisfying meal — most of the time, I can't finish it all!
Other Great Meal Choices
Basically, everything here is fairly healthy if you minus the sauces, dressings, and syrups. They offer salads, which can be made into a wrap. They offer gluten-free wraps too. They have several bowls besides my favorite one. And they offer breakfast all day. I like their Avocado Toast, and I do scrambled eggs, remove the tomato, add arugula and almonds.
And watch out for hidden sugars, like at all restaurants. Check ingredients on their website nutrition facts, and remove the sugary items, like syrup in protein shakes. Honestly, this is where I give Chop Shop a failing grade. Per their nutrition info on their website, their shakes contain between 28 to 94 grams of sugar!
Flower Child | Plano TX (Frisco TX Coming Soon!)
Flower Child in Plano at Park and Preston is another one of my go-to restaurants. There is a new Flower Child opening in Plano in Spring 2027 in the Shops of Legacy right across the street from Chop Shop! And Flower Child is coming soon to Fields West in Frisco in 2028. So glad this chain is expanding in our area!
What I Usually Order
Entree with Chicken with 2 Sides + Mango Sencha Green Tea
How I Modify It
All of their entrees include choice of protein (chicken, steak, salmon, shrimp, tofu) and choice of 2 sides. Some sides rotate seasonally, and I enjoy that change. I like to switch up my sides. I usually rotate through broccoli, kale side salad, sweet potato fries (bonus: they have organic ketchup!), and Brussels sprouts. The only modification I make to my Entree is to put sauces and dressings on side.
Why I Choose It
I love Flower Child because according to their website, their produce is guided by EWG's Dirty Dozen. I love that their meals are highly customizable. One day, I was interested in adding some fat to my meal, and I asked if they could add 1/4 avocado. He suggested smashed avocado with a little EVOO. It was perfect. I've added almonds to my Entree also. Basically, if they have the item on their menu, they'll add it to whatever you want (of course for a small fee lol).
Other Great Meal Choices
They offer salads, bowls, wraps, and a few appetizers. I like the Brussels Sprouts and Organic Kale Salad with grilled chicken. Sometimes I splurge for the Green Chile Queso appetizer made with chickpeas and paired with gluten-free chips. At all restaurants, I always put sauces and dressings on the side or omit them. Flower Child has EVOO on the silverware island so it's easy to add to your meal.
Bellagreen | Plano TX
Bellagreen will always have a special place in my heart because once I had an unexpected overnight hospital stay due to sweltering Texas heat at a football game. As a functional medicine practitioner, I know hospital food is not always the most nutritious (and nutrients are critical when recovering from a health issue). THANK GOD Bellagreen was nearby. I ate the Sun's Up Avocado Toast for breakfast and the (A) Burger for lunch — while at the hospital. I never felt so good! Although maybe 12 hours of a sodium and potassium IV was the secret lol.
What I Usually Order
The (A) Burger on Brioche Bun with Sweet Potato Fries (my cheat day meal!)
How I Modify It
This burger used to come with Spring Mix, but now it comes with iceberg lettuce, which is not nearly as nutritious. However, they'll swap it out for Spring Mix if you ask. You can swap the bun for gluten-free. I minus the tomato and onion (my preference).
Why I Choose It
I like that the burger is from 44 Farms, and is ethically raised and has no added hormones, antibiotics, or artificial ingredients, per their website. I also like that some of their menu items change with the seasons.
Other Great Meal Choices
The Brick Chicken is an excellent choice, and I'll order it if I'm not having a cheat day. It comes with half a boneless chicken with lemon slice and rosemary sprig (herbs and spices are a great way to add nutrient density + variety to meals), roasted veggies, and sweet potato mash (which is delicious but sugary so I swap it out for a side salad minus the dressing). I also like the Golden Glow Roasted Veggie Bowl (seasonal item) with chicken and no sauce.
Sweetgreen | Frisco TX Coming Soon!
I'm so excited Sweetgreen is coming to Frisco in Fields West in late 2027 or early 2028. Until then, I eat at the location in Addison at Beltline and Montfort. This is a wonderful restaurant choice because, per their website, they partner with local farmers who use toxic-free methods, use EVOO and avocado oil in cooking, and don't use artificial flavors, colors, or dyes.
What I Usually Order
Build My Own Bowl + Spindrift Raspberry Lime Sparkling Water
How I Modify It
For my bases (choose 2), I pick kale and arugula. Then, for toppings I pick sweet potatoes, cabbage, carrots, chickpeas or hummus, broccoli, parmesan cheese, and almonds. I selected roasted chicken as the protein. I do EVOO and vinegar for dressing.
Why I Choose It
I love building my own bowl because I can customize it to what I want and get the nutritional profile my body needs. I love that the protein is antibiotic free and grass-fed, per their website. I also like that they offer seasonal menu items.
Other Great Meal Choices
They offer wraps, salads, bowls and warm plates. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu — just do sauces and dressings on the side. I like the Chicken Pesto Parm bowl and the Harvest Bowl.
True Food Kitchen | Plano TX
True Food Kitchen was founded by Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned doctor of integrative medicine. They're known for their commitment to serving seasonal, whole, minimally-processed foods, antibiotic-free, grass-fed, hormone-free, pasture-raised proteins, and cooking with 100% seed-oil free oils, per their website. They offer customizations to their menu, and they take ingredient allergies and sensitivities seriously.
What I Usually Order
TRUE CRISP’D Chicken Tender Plate + BBQ Sauce
How I Modify It
It comes with a Simple Salad, but I substitute it for the Kale Side Salad with the dressing on the side.
Why I Choose It
I love being able to enjoy chicken tenders that are healthy. This restaurant gets it. It's one of the few organic restaurants, and I applaud them for having TRUE standards, per their website. I wish more restaurants would follow their lead.
Other Great Meal Choices
For appetizers, I enjoy their Charred Cauliflower and Mediterranean Hummus. They offer a variety of salads, bowls, burger, pizzas, and entrees. I like the Spaghetti Squash Casserole and Chinese Chicken Salad.
Healthy Restaurant Runners-Up in Frisco and Plano TX
While Original Chop Shop, Flower Child, Sweetgreen, Bellagreen, and True Food are my favorite healthy restaurants in Frisco and Plano, there are a few runners-up worth mentioning:
Jason's Deli | Frisco and Plano TX
Jason's Deli is great because, per their website, they don't have partially hydrogenated oil, MSG, high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, colors, or dyes in their food. They have more than a dozen USDA-certified organic ingredients and products, per their website. You can build your own salad. And they have gluten-free bread. (I'm not a fan of sandwiches in general because I try to limit my carb intake and eat more of a Paleo diet.) I also like the Nutty Mixed Up Salad minus the dressing and dried cranberries. I'm not fond of their soups because unfortunately they contain sugar, per their website.
Salata | Frisco and Plano TX
Salata is great because you can build your own salad, and they have green tea. Skip the bread and go for EVOO and vinegar dressing. I usually build my salad based on EWG's Dirty Dozen since Salata does not offer organic produce, per their website.
Eatzi's | Plano TX
Eatzi's is great because they have a variety of proteins and veggies in the Chef's Case, like lemon-grilled chicken breast, roasted turkey, steak, pesto roasted cauliflower, green bean amandine, asparagus, broccoli, and more. You can also build your own salad. One downside is that they cook with a canola/olive oil blend, per their website.
Christine Boudreau, LPC, is a functional medicine practitioner and licensed professional counselor, and the founder of DOTS Wellness in Frisco, Texas. She helps people with chronic health issues find root causes using a proprietary blend of functional medicine and psychotherapy, called the DOTS Method™. She eats at the restaurants in this guide regularly and has no sponsorships or paid relationships with any of them.