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We have done the eating out & diet thing in North Raleigh
so I could give you some ideas but I need to know
what diet... If you are talking about Weight Watchers
or calorie counting Applebees, Ruby Tuesdays, Jason's
Deli, & Boston Market have lots of choices.
It makes it easier to find restaurants that list
each meals calories and nutritional facts.
For fast food most places have some good choices
and even Taco Bell has a "fresco" style that leaves off
the high calorie cheese and sour creme. I am not saying it
is healthy but not as bad as some other choices.
I learned to check out the restaurant online for calories/dish before we went (I'll find the site)
Miltons has a great salad bar!!
Well my wife is doing the Weight Watchers diet. We did go to Applebee's every once in a while but for some reason Weight Watchers is taking them off their list of acceptable places to dine in. We had a few problem with some restaurants. My wife would ask for a meal to be made a certain way & they basically did what they wanted. They did fix the meal after she brought it to their attention but I guess she was a little turned off by that(must be the diet getting to her). I think I worded the question wrong to be honest with you guys. I was just trying to ask if there were any places in North Raleigh or Raleigh itself that are health conscience specific.
I find great healthy choices at Saloman's on six forks - celebration plaza. There is a dish called 'chicken brenna' that is just plain chicken and lots of veggies, no sauce. and yummy too. You can substitute veggies for french fries with any of their meals - just ask. although their ff are so good, it is hard to do the substitution! Their portions are so big compared to ww portion size, you will need to spit meal in half and take it home.
I believe its alright to ask a restaurant to make minor adjustments to a dish to satisfy a customer, but don't take it too far. The chef puts a lot of work into creating a menu, so please don't ask him to cook something in a technique that is totally unrelated to the menu and style of the restaurant. I would never go to a place like Maximillians, Fins, Duck and Dumpling ... and ask for a for a plain baked chicken breast with some steamed brocoli. That would be an insult to the chef, and I would rather stay home and make my own healthy meal.
This is a perfect question for your wife to ask at a Weight Watchers meeting! I'm sure that's a major topic of discussion at meetings.
But I still don't know of any restaurants that are "health conscience specific," whatever that is. Quite frankly, a restaurant that served only low fat, high fiber "healthy" meals would probably go out of business in a month. Could you describe the kinds of places you used to see "back home"?
I was on a restricted diet for health reasons a few years back so I know how hard it is.
When we went out I found that servers/chefs were very helpful about menu options if you just let them know you are on a restricted diet for health reasons and not just because you are a "picky eater", as might be the assumption.
My youngest son is on a restricted diet for food allergies and at Carrabba's they had someone from the kitchen come out and discuss with us some menu choices. Granted, he was 2 1/2 at the time so I'm sure the "cuteness" factor played in his favor but they were very nice and very accomodating.
Try Aladdin's on Falls of Neuse - cheap and freaking delicious and very healthy. Miltons Pizza and Pasta has a salad bar that has a lot of healthy choices - they are on Six Forks at Strickland or in Wakefield. Hayashi Japanese/Sushi in Wakefield is also good, and so is Over the Falls Deli in Wake Forest. We frequently try to eat out for lunch (both my wife and I work at home and like to leave the house once in a while) and bring our baby along, so eating healthy food is handy when the baby wants what we are eating.
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Could you describe the kinds of places you used to see "back home"?
