7 Unhealthiest Pasta Dishes in America

Olive Garden Garlic Herb Chicken con Broccoli

960 calories

41 g fat (18 g saturated)

2,180 mg sodium

The flavor and fat both come from the garlic-infused cream sauce--which gives this dish a full day's worth of saturated fat and sodium! Fact is, any time you order a meat that comes with white sauce, you can cut hundreds of calories by asking to have it prepared with nutrient-rich marinara instead. Ultimately, sauce is what'll make or break your pasta dish. Take the Venetian Apricot Chicken, for example. The apricot-citrus sauce covering the chicken is broth-based, which makes it more akin to soup than the oily concoctions you're used to.

Venetian Apricot Chicken

380 calories

4 g fat (1.5 g saturated)

1,420 mg sodium

Fazoli's Tortellini Robusto

1,020 calories

50 g fat (28 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)

2,580 mg sodium

This meal relies on sausage, cream, and two cheeses to eat through half a day's calories, 1 day's sodium, and 1,5 days? worth of saturated fat. The only "oven baked" pasta from this chain that doesn't have more than 700 calories is the Baked Spaghetti without meatballs. Steer clear of all else.

Baked Spaghetti (without meatballs)

640 calories

22 g fat (12 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)

1,340 mg sodium

Carrabba's Lasagne

1,360 calories

Carrabba's has a closed-door policy when it comes to the sources of the calories in their foods. We'll keep pushing for nutritional disclosure. If and when they open that door, expect to be shocked by how much fat is in this cheese-layered brick of beef and noodles. We predict it's at least two days' worth of saturated fat and sodium. Yuck.

Manicotti

640 calories

T.G.I. Friday's Cajun Shrimp & Chicken Pasta

1,420 calories

The "Cajun" flavoring here is actually seasoned butter, and the sauce is cream-and-cheese-infused Alfredo. That makes this the absolute worst pasta dish on the menu, and among the worst in the country. On the flipside, while we normally advocate against the mighty Alfredo, Friday's Blackened Chicken Alfredo is the lightest Alfredo dish we've ever seen. Only two pasta plates on T.G.I. Friday's menu have fewer than 900 calories - this one and the Garlic Chicken Primavera, which rings in at 560 calories.

Blackened Chicken Alfredo

610 calories

Domino's Chicken Carbonara Breadbowl Pasta

1,480 calories

56 g fat (24 g saturated, 1 g trans)

2,280 mg sodium

188 g carbohydrates

This tops our list of "Dumbest Ideas in Restaurant History." The bowl itself - before you fill in the pasta - carries 840 calories and a third of your day's saturated fat. When eating at Domino's, stick to what they do best - pizza. Anything else and you're messing with a carbohydrate and caloric conundrum of epic proportions.

Thin-Crust Ham and Pineapple Pizza (medium, 3 slices)

465 calories

21 g fat (7.5 g saturated)

720 mg sodium

Cheesecake Factory Kid's Pasta with Alfredo Sauce

1,803 calories

87 g saturated fat

876 mg sodium

70 g carbohydrates

It's bad enough to stick this much fat into an adult-size meal, but for a child? That ought to be deemed criminally negligent. This cream- and cheese-infused pasta bowl is bloated with--are you ready for this?-- MORE SATURATED FAT THAN AN ADULT SHOULD EAT IN FOUR DAYS, and more calories than you'd find in 40 Chicken McNuggets.

Kid's Pasta with Butter and Parmesan

510 calories

8 g saturated fat

198 mg sodium

70 g carbohydrates

Cheesecake Factory Bistro Shrimp Pasta

2,819 calories

77 g saturated fat

1,008 mg sodium

184 g carbohydrates

How would you feel is someone asked you to eat three full orders of Fettuccine Alfredo and three bread sticks from Fazoli's? Or how about three Big Macs and three orders of fries from McDonald's? Or 14 Original Doughnuts from Krispy Kreme? It's ludicrous, for sure, but the truth is that any of these options would actually save you calories over this horrendous glut of oil and cream from the Cheesecake Factory. It has four days' worth of saturated fat and a day and a half of calories--and that's before you get to appetizers, sides, drinks and dessert!

Pasta Marinara (Lunch portion)

697 calories

1 g saturated fat

617 mg sodium

110 g carbohydrates