Country Grilled Cheese with Tomato & Bacon [photo source: Au Bon Pain]

Au Bon Pain has released that runs through March 1, 2015 — including items like Turkey & Poached Pear salad, 12 Veggie Soup and Turkey Sausage & Egg White Flatbread. These options recently received national recognition when Au Bon Pain was ranked first out of 100 nationwide restaurant chains by Grellin, a website that uses publicly available data on restaurant food to determine which restaurants have the healthiest menus.

The fullly updated menu is as follows:

• Turkey Sausage & Egg White Flatbread—Egg whites, turkey sausage, fresh spinach and sharp cheddar cheese served on a crunchy whole-grain flatbread.
• Banana & Greek Yogurt Parfait—Greek nonfat vanilla yogurt over fresh honey-glazed bananas served with a side of toasted granola.
• Turkey & Poached Baby Pear Salad—All-natural turkey, goat cheese, honey-roasted pecans, poached pears served on mixed salad greens with balsamic vinaigrette blend for a rustic winter salad.
• 12 Veggie Soup—Diced tomatoes, potatoes, summer squash, zucchini, carrots, peas, onions, broccoli, corn, celery, mushrooms and red bell peppers swimming in a vegetable broth.
• Country Grilled Cheese with Tomato & Bacon—A comfort food classic, this sandwich is a customer favorite.
• Waldorf Turkey Wrap—All-natural turkey, apples, cranberries and walnuts mixed with mayo, cheddar and romaine with maple-walnut dressing in a whole-wheat wrap.
• Hot and Iced Caffe Milano—Espresso, chocolate and hazelnut topped with frothed milk and cocoa.
• Chocolate & Strawberry Cream CroisBun™—Inspired by Valentine’s Day, the signature Au Bon Pain Chocolate CroisBun™ will be filled with strawberry cream.
• Chocolate Chip Cookie—Packed with one-third rich chocolate chips, butter and Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, these cookies are the chocolatiest cookies ABP has created. On Jan. 13, the cookie will be offered for free from 2pm to 5pm, followed by a sale of $1 per cookie from Jan. 14 until Jan. 29.
• Lemon Crumble Bar—All-natural lemon filling on shortbread crust and topped with streusel.

Au Bon Pain is located locally at Garden State Plaza in Paramus and The Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. For more information on the new menu visit http://aubonpain.com/winter-menu

(All information and details are subject to change. Boozy Burbs is not responsible for incorrect information. Please contact business owners directly to confirm).