Healthy ordering in restaurants?

[Guest guest]

I eat at restaurants somewhat frequently for social reasons. Many items in

restaurants are

cooked in unhealthy oils. Does anyone (maybe someone who works in a restaurant?)

have

any suggestions about what items to order in order to avoid cooking oil or, more

generally,

trans fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids?

[Guest guest]

You can bring your own salad dressing or ask for lemon wedges (lemon

juice and pepper is pretty good on salad).

Otherwise the biggest thing to watch out for is MSG, which many

restaurants use liberally. Plain meats like steak seem to be good

choices.

--- In , " jeremyfox " <jeremytfox@...>

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> I eat at restaurants somewhat frequently for social reasons. Many

items in restaurants are

> cooked in unhealthy oils. Does anyone (maybe someone who works in a

restaurant?) have

> any suggestions about what items to order in order to avoid cooking

oil or, more generally,

> trans fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids?

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[Guest guest]

MSG is in almost everything that has spices/seasonings. If you try to

order simple, whole foods you'll do better. I do not order anything

made with stock unless they make the stock from scratch.

In addition to MSG, I think the biggest thing to watch out for is

soybean oil. I do not order anything fried and avoid salad dressing

and anything with mayonnaise. Salads are good -- just bring your own

dressing. You can order a chef salad with a hard-boiled egg and cheese

and turkey -- makes for a good meal.

I will often order an omelet or eggs over easy (I make sure the eggs

are real) and I ask them to fry it in butter only (I ask to make sure

the butter is real -- not margarine). I was going to order Eggs

Benedict once but they told me the Hollandaise came from a package.

Your best bet is to go to a more high-end restaurant. Better chefs

tend to use real ingredients, tend to buy at farmer's markets and use

lots of real butter and cream.

Ann Marie

[Guest guest]

I try to go to Japanese restaurants, whenever I eat out, and get

brown rice sushi rolls. I know the fish is probably farm-raised but

for some reason I think it's better than eating factory farm cow meat

or chicken meat. I also try to get the rolls that have cooked fish in

it b/c I get nervous about the parasites and I try to remember to

carry digestive aids such as enzymes or HCL.

God help me, I hate eating out, it's such a burden and I used to enjoy

it so much. It's just so hard to say no all the time when someone

invites you out so I think this is a really good question. I think a

lot of places are using margarine instead of butter, even a few higher

end places I have gone to.

--- In , " jeremyfox " <jeremytfox@...>

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> I eat at restaurants somewhat frequently for social reasons. Many

items in restaurants are

> cooked in unhealthy oils. Does anyone (maybe someone who works in a

restaurant?) have

> any suggestions about what items to order in order to avoid cooking

oil or, more generally,

> trans fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids?

>

>

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[Guest guest]

It was the fancy restaurants that got me really liking butter and

grainy bread, etc. LOL!

Alas, two kids later we never get to eat in those places any more.

Hibachi grills are pretty good for using real food ingredients.

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> items in restaurants are

> > cooked in unhealthy oils. Does anyone (maybe someone who works in

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> restaurant?) have

> > any suggestions about what items to order in order to avoid

cooking

> oil or, more generally,

> > trans fat and polyunsaturated fatty acids?

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