If you are treating yourself to a meal out, here are some tips to help make it a dining experience that is both tasty and good for you!
Will the restaurant:
- Leave all butter, gravy or sauces off a dish or on the side?
- Serve salad dressing on the side?
- Serve fat free (skim) milk rather than whole milk or cream?
- Use only olive or canola oil when cooking?
- Provide a carry out container so that at the start of your meal so you can set aside half of your meal to take home?
- Accommodate special requests?
Select foods which are:
- Steamed
- Garden fresh
- Broiled
- Baked
- Roasted
- Poached
- Lightly sautéed or stir-fried
Adapted from Eating Healthy When Dining Out, a tip sheet by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health.