Typically the food you eat at home is more nutritious than a restaurant, but who wants to eat every meal at home? Restaurants are adding healthy options and it’s possible to enjoy your meal and feel happy with yourself when it’s over with a few tips:
- Avoid temptation. When choosing a restaurant, avoid all you can eat buffets, look up the menu online and decide what you will eat before you go.
- Choose entrees that feature lean meats, such as fish, seafood or chicken. Ask to double the vegetables.
- Read the descriptive words and beware of dishes that say buttery, creamy, breaded, stuffed, and au gratin”. Embrace meals that are steamed, baked, broiled, blackened and grilled. Always ask the server about how it is prepared.
- Drink water with your meal. It will help slow you down and enjoy your food. Skip the fancy drinks they include sugar and add extra calories.
- Pass on dessert. You can always have a piece of chocolate at home.
“We never repent of having eaten too little.” Thomas Jefferson