Here are some simple guidelines for eating out away from home:
Breakfast
- Choose fried, poached, or scrambled eggs
- Avoid high salt breakfast meat like bacon and sausage
- Select white toast, an english muffin or a bagel
- Skip bran or whole wheat muffins or bread
- Request cream cheese instead of cheddar or American cheese in an omelet
- Choose canned fruit as a side item instead of home fries or hash browns
Lunch
- Request low sodium, broth soups
- Choose beef, chicken, or fish tacos with lettuce and sour cream
- Select coleslaw or a green salad with chicken or shrimp
- Order a stir-fry with low potassium vegetables and no MSG or soy sauce
- Try low potassium vegetables on sandwiches to add lots of taste and flavor
- Limit extra meat and cheese on cold sandwiches
- Skip side dishes such as potato salad, chili, bean salad, spinach, and those with nuts or lots of cheese
Dinner
- Choose white pasta with herbs, olive oil, and garlic
- Stick with white rice with natural seasonings in place of potato side dishes
- Select meatloaf or pot roast entrees with a low sodium mushroom gravy
- Order seafood and chicken entrees: prepared grilled, poached or roasted
- Try Angel food cake with strawberries, sherbet or sorbet for dessert
- Skip meals with tomato or milk based sauces
- Skip high sodium or milk-based soups
- Skip chocolate, caramel pastries, and carrot cake
General Eating Tips
- Always remember your nutrition plan limits
- Plan meals in advance so it fits YOUR nutrition needs
- Consume only the fluids allowed for the event/meal; remember your fluid limit
- Practice good portion control with foods
- Share a meal with a friend
- Request low sodium options
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