EAT YOURSELF WELL

Inspiration, Information, and Recipes

  • Home
  • Inspiration
  • Wellness Retreats
  • Recipes
  • Healthy Tools
  • Sites We Love
  • About
  • Facebook

Eating Out … Healthfully!

January 5, 2013 by Jennifer Silverberg Leave a Comment

First off: eating out does not have to mean blowing your diet!  Even experimental foodies can enjoy all types of restaurants while keeping their commitment to a healthy lifestyle. Seek out high-quality restaurants that use fresh, organic ingredients, and keep the below  guidelines in mind when you order.

Dinner
USDA_dinner.jpg / Foter / Public domain

Traditional “American”

  • Hold the:  fried foods, cheese, bacon, potatoes, huge meat portions, bread, gravy, and sweet desserts
  • Have the:  grilled chicken, salmon, salad, and fresh fruits

Mexican Restaurants

  • Hold the:  chips,fried foods, sour cream, and cheese or cream sauces (they often contain a lot of sugar, too!)
  • Have the:  guacamole,  broth-based soups, salsa, pico de gallo, salads, and grilled veggie or chicken fajitas

Italian Restaurants

  • Hold the:  fried cheese (or ravioli, or pretty much anything fried), pasta, bread and oily foods
  • Have the:  minestrone soups, tomato-based sauces, and salads

Chinese Restaurants

  • Hold the: fried rice, sweet sauces (like Mongolian beef) deep-fried meats and veggies
  • Have the: steamed veggies, steamed meats and fish, sauce on the side, and brown rice

Thai Restaurants

  • Hold the: coconut milk-based curries, fried noodles, and sweetened sticky rice
  • Have the: steamed or grilled fish, steamed veggies, and green papaya salad

Mediterranean Restaurants

  • Hold the: spanakopita, fried calamari, fried cheese, sausages, moussaka, falafel, and baklava
  • Have the:  hummus (with veggies), souvlaki, fish, nuts, beans, vegetables, and yogurt

Filed Under: How to Live, Restaurants Tagged With: American, Chinese, healthy, Italian, Mexican, Thai

Join the Eat Yourself Well Community

Enter your email address to receive notifications of new recipes and posts by email.

Who We Are

Jennifer Silverberg, Eat Yourself Well
Jennifer Silverberg
The primary voice behind Eat Yourself Well is Jennifer Silverberg, whose passion is inspiring others to crave foods that will make them radiantly happy and healthy. More ...

Take a look around:

  • Beautifully Healthy (5)
  • Blogs we LOVE (6)
  • Breakfast Recipes (11)
  • Cooking Tips (16)
  • Eating Out (2)
  • Fast Recipes (23)
  • Food Choices (30)
  • Food Supply (9)
  • Gluten-Free (5)
  • Growing Your Own (Veggies) (4)
  • Healthy Beauty (1)
  • Healthy Lifestyle (46)
  • Healthy Lunch Ideas (3)
  • Healthy Snacks (5)
  • Healthy Treats (8)
  • Holiday Cooking (5)
  • How to Live (12)
  • Inspiration (32)
  • Juices and Smoothies (4)
  • Kids and Food (15)
  • Leanwashing (3)
  • Make it Crave-Worthy! (2)
  • Marketing to Yourself (9)
  • Misleading Marketing (3)
  • Nutrition (6)
  • Nutrition News and Ideas (13)
  • Q&A – Let's chat! (1)
  • Real Food Challenge (9)
  • Recipes we LOVE (60)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Retreat Yourself Well (1)
  • Seasonal Eating (11)
  • Shopping (2)
  • Stealth Health (5)
  • Summer Recipes (20)
  • Superfoods (20)
  • Techniques (9)
  • TREat Yourself Well (2)
  • Uncategorized (18)
  • Why I'm in a Food Fight (22)
  • Winter Recipes (14)

Favorite Posts

Recent Posts

  • Chocolate Power Balls – Delicious and Easy
  • Quinoa Chickpea Bowl – Healthy, Tasty Lunch Idea!
  • Savory Sweet Butternut Squash Soup
  • “Embrace the Chaos” Berry Crumble
  • Warming Lentil Soup

Popular Posts

We’re giving away two cookbooks – The Plantpower Way, by Rich Roll and Julie Piatt!
Stress-Less Salad
Health-Preserving Quick Veggie Noodle Soup
Cashew Cream Sweet Potato Mash
101 Fresh, whole-food healthy snacks!
Quinoa Mango Healthy Taco Salad

Copyright © 2018 · Foodie Theme by Shay Bocks · Built on the Genesis Framework · Powered by WordPress