Thumbs Up

Too hot to cook? Of course it is.

Get yourself to Panera’s asap. Order the strawberry  chicken salad with a hunk of a French baguette and a frozen strawberry lemonade. Depending upon where your hunger rates on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being ravenous, anything 7 or below will have you toting home leftovers.

This St Louis headquartered restaurant chain has earned a lot of attention for its healthy menu choices — and the best thing about it, it just feels like a normal good-place-to-eat.

Home cooking, you’ve met a match.