Tips for Eating at Family Restaurants provided by the American
Heart Association
Too tired to cook? Then pack the family off to one of the many mid-priced "family style" restaurants.
Tips: Avoid dishes with lots of cheese, sour cream and salad dressings.Instead of fried oysters, or fried fish or chicken, choose boiled spiced shrimp, or baked, boiled or grilled fish or chicken. Choose bread or pita pockets or croissants. Salads make great meals but be careful of the dressing. If you must have a high-fat entree, split it with another family member. You'll save dollars - and fat!
| Instead of |
Try |
| Cream soups |
Broth based soups with lots of vegetables |
| Quiche and salad |
Broth based soup or salad |
| Buffalo chicken wings |
Peel-and-eat shrimp |
| Fried chicken sandwich |
Grilled chicken sandwich |
| Chicken fried steak |
Veggie burger |
| French fries or potatoes and gravy |
Baked potato; potatoes without gravy; rice without gravy; cooked greens made without salt pork or lard |
| Creamy coleslaw |
Steamed vegetables or tossed salad |
| Hot fudge sundae or ice cream |
Nonfat yogurt, sherbet or fruit ice |
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