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Show Ml " 1 t J Hgff) in fat cholestrol Exotic cuisines offer new tastes Plan ahead. Eat a lighter breakfast and lunch if you want to sample rich or high-calorie dishes as dinner. Ask questions about ingredients ingre-dients and how food is prepared. If portions are large, take part of the meal home in a doggie bag. choices are the dishes with lots of vegetables and steamed rice or lo me in noodles. Each country's cuisine may need a slightly different plan for healthful dining. Here are recommendations recom-mendations for dining out in general: When it comes to typically American-style foods, you probably know how to plan healthful meals. However, choosing ethnic food can be more challenging. Exotic cuisines offer an adventure in new taste sensations, but they may also be high in fat, cholesterol, calories and sodium. Here are a few tips to help you enjoy the most popular ethnic cuisines in the United States-Italian, States-Italian, Mexican and Chinese. Italian: Southern Italian dishes with lots of pasta and vegetables are good sources of complex carbohydrates. car-bohydrates. A basic tomato marinara sauce on top of pasta keeps it low in fat, too. When ordering order-ing a main dish with cream sauce, try the appetizer size instead of the entree portion. Bread is a healthful food choice, but go easy when it's soaked with seasoned butter. Top off the meal with a simple cup of espresso or split a dessert with someone. Mexican: Salads and soft shell tacos with beef or chicken are good options. Ask that cheese, sour cream and guacamole be served on the side. Then use them as condiments, con-diments, in moderation. Request salsa on the side too, if you're concerned con-cerned about sodium. Chinese: Deep fried noodles, battered and fried foods and fried rice can be very rich, so sample them in moderation. If you're concerned con-cerned about sodium, shake on soy sauce sparingly. Try low-sodium soy sauce if it's available. The best Brittany Blaser, a senior at Woods Cross High School '.vis, recently named second runner-up in the State Homecoming Queen contest head at the Salt Lake Marriott Hotel. Contestants from Montana, Mon-tana, Utah, Idaho and Nevada participated in the two day scholarship pageant. She is an honor graduate and studentbody vice president at Woods Cross and will attend Brigham Young University in the fall on a scholarship. She is the daughter of Stephen and Earlene Blaser of Bountiful. |
