Thai Restaurants
I love Thai food. Thai people love beautiful presentation and insist of fresh, natural, whole ingredients. It seems like the food is an artistic creation - both for the eye and the tongue. There are always lots of choices with lean protein, especially seafood, and vegetables. They often include lots of carrots, cabbage and lettuce.
Avoid the Pad Thai - too many empty carbs in those rice noodles. For the healthiest choices, look to the soups, salads and curry dishes with added vegetables. A good choice for dinner is either a soup and salad combination or one of the curry dishes.
There are many healthy Thai dishes. Here's some of the best:
Num Tok or Nam Tok- a spicy green salad with strips of marinated beef flank
Green Papaya Salad - Shredded green papaya, with a lime dressing, it usually comes with broiled shrimp
Larb - A tasty chicken salad dish - very high protein and low calories
Any soup - really - they are all good. Even the delicious ones with coconut milk are relatively low in calories and good protein sources. The lemony ones without are really low calorie.
Tom Kai Gai - chicken in coconut milk
Tom Ka Talay - wonderful mixed shellfish in coconut milk - lots of B-12!
Tom Yum Koong - piquant shrimp soup
Curries with Rice
If you like spicy food, these can be a good choice. The curry sauce is always high in vitamin A and C. Choose a curry with added vegetables - like bell pepper, broccoli, asparagus or carrots. Thai restaurants are a good place to get shellfish - squid, shrimp, mussels, and scallops. Use as little of the rice as you can - 1/2 a serving at most.
posted by Mary Robinson at
7:50 PM
2 Comments:
Mary,
Just because of some work timing issues I had to eat my lunch at a McDonald's there is at the road to my job. I ordered a Caesar's salad with grilled chicken and no croutons, a locally available cold vegetable juice (180 ml) and one big apple as a dessert. I refused to use the dressing they gave with the salad, and used about 10 ml of the virgin olive oil they offered to me.
The question is, ¿what would be your suggestions when asking for a Macdonald's lunch/dinner menu if we have just to end eating there?
By
Willie, at 11:06 AM
Willie -
This is what I ate the only time I've eaten at McDonalds in the last several years - chicken Caesar without the dressing. It was not very good, was it? Honestly, there is not much else on the menu that is okay, if I remember correctly. I will take a look at it again! Nice to see your picture on the blog.
By
Mary Robinson, at 9:15 PM
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