{"id":61,"date":"2007-10-21T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2007-10-21T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/how-to-eat-heathly-from-a-restaurant-menu\/"},"modified":"2007-10-21T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2007-10-21T16:12:19","slug":"how-to-eat-heathly-from-a-restaurant-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/how-to-eat-heathly-from-a-restaurant-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Eat Healthy From A Restaurant Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Healthy Eating From A Restaurant Menu &#8211; It is Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>How To Eat Healthy From A Restaurant Menu when research shows that some takeaway and restaurant meals contain more calories and salt in one serving than the recommended intake for a whole day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s reiterate here that we\u2019re offering guidance for those who eat out frequently.  <\/p>\n<p>If you only eat out once in a while you might well want to throw gastronomic caution to the wind and have a real blow-out.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>But for those who want to exercise calorie caution here are some guidelines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avoid: creamy soups with croutons<br \/>\nChoose: clear vegetable soups<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid: anything that is battered or deep-fried<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose: anything that is boiled, grilled, poached, steamed or stir-fried<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: pate, pies, bacon and sausages<br \/>\nChoose: chicken or turkey, lean beef or ham, fish or pulses<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: anything in a creamy or cheesy sauce<br \/>\nChoose: sauces based on tomatoes or vegetables<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid: creamy curries<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose: dry curries<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: oily salad dressings, mayonnaise and coleslaw<br \/>\n<strong>Choose: to have salads served plain \u2013 if that feels like a step too far, ask for the dressing to be served separately so that you can add it yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avoid: fried rice<br \/>\nChoose: steamed or boiled rice<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: processed rice, white pasta and bread<br \/>\n<strong>Choose: brown rice and pasta and wholegrain bread<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avoid: fried, roast and dauphinois potatoes<br \/>\nChoose: baked, boiled or steamed potatoes<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: dishes that get their flavour from fats and butter<br \/>\nChoose: dishes that are flavoured with fresh herbs<\/p>\n<p>Avoid: cakes, puddings, cream, ice cream, cheese and biscuits<br \/>\nChoose: fresh fruit or sorbet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Avoid: alcohol, fizzy drinks, frappuccinos<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose: water, fruit tea, expresso coffee<\/p>\n<p>Of course, by looking at the menu it isn\u2019t always possible to tell how a dish is cooked.  Don\u2019t be shy \u2013 ask the waiter.  He should know but if he doesn\u2019t he will find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy Eating From A Restaurant Menu &#8211; It is Possible How To Eat Healthy From A Restaurant Menu when research shows that some takeaway and restaurant meals contain more calories and salt in one serving than the recommended intake for a whole day. Let\u2019s reiterate here that we\u2019re offering guidance for those who eat out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/how-to-eat-heathly-from-a-restaurant-menu\/\"><span>read more&nbsp;&#8230;<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}