Xtreme Eating Awards: Killer restaurant dishes

If you've turned over a new leaf to avoid gut-busting restaurant meals, we're here to help.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) announced its seventh annual Xtreme Eating Awards -- food extremely high in calories, saturated fat and salt or sugar.

Here's the list:

The Bistro Shrimp Pasta -- The Cheesecake Factory: An unbelievable 3,120 calories and 89 grams of saturated fat.

Chicken Costoletta -- The Cheesecake Factory: Three pieces of fried chicken and 3/4 of a pound of mashed potatoes with butter and cream add up to 2,610 calories, 89g of saturated fat, and 2,720mg of sodium. This is the equivalent of eating an entire KFC 12-piece Original Recipe bucket (2,550 calories), except that the KFC has less than half the saturated fat.

The Veal Porterhouse -- Maggiano's: This whopping 18 oz. piece of veal comes with roasted, fried, and garlic-buttered Crispy Red Potatoes making for a bomb of a meal with 2,710 calories, 45g of saturated fat, and 3,700mg of sodium. "You'd be better off eating four Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizzas," writes the CSPI.

The Chocolate Zuccotto Cake -- Maggiano's: This dessert has 1,820 calories, 62g of saturated fat and 26 teaspoons of sugar.

The Bacon Cheddar Double Burger -- Johnny Rockets: At 1,770 calories, 50g of saturated fat, and 2,380mg of sodium, this meal is heart-stopping enough, before you add in Johnny's Sweet Potato Fries (590 calories and 800 mg of sodium) and a Big Apple Shake. In total it comes in at 3,500 calories, 88g of saturated fat and 3,720mg of sodium.

The Deep Dish Macaroni & 3-Cheese -- Uno Chicago Grill: This comfort food classic has got an incredible four cups of pasta. The three-cheese sauce is made with heavy cream, rendered chicken fat, and butter — and is topped with a crushed Ritz Cracker topping. This clocks in at 1,980 calories, 71g of saturated fat, and 3,110mg of sodium.

The Full Rack of Baby Back Ribs with Shiner Bock BBQ Sauce -- Chili's: These ribs alone are 1,660 calories, but they also come with a side of Homestyle Fries (400 calories) and Cinnamon Apples (270 calories), for a grand total of 2,330 calories, 45g of saturated fat, and 6,490mg of
sodium.

The Peanut Power Plus Grape Smoothie -- Smoothie King: Not all smoothies are created equal. First this one comes in an obscene 40-oz. large size. Filled with peanut butter, banana, sugar, and grape juice, it has 1,460 calories and 22 teaspoons of added sugar — on top of the 17 teaspoons of naturally occurring sugar in the grape juice and the 12 teaspoons of sugar coming from the banana and nonfat milk. At least it has nonfat milk in it.