Eating healthy is a change I’m trying to make to my life, not to this season. With that comes a great challenge in what to eat, especially when going out. I cook about 90% of our meals from scratch, no boxed anything. I know what is in our food, I even bake our bread, but there comes a time when I am sick of cooking and I need to go out to eat. There’s something to be said for someone else cooking food for me and serving me! That being said, what do you order and where do you go?

There’s a book out there called “Eat This, Not That”. My mom gave me her copy to look at when I told her that I couldn’t meet her for lunch because I was trying to eat healthier. This book goes over tons of restaurants, giving recommendations on what not to eat and what to eat. An example would be what was touted the “Worst Food in America”. It’s the Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. This tasty morsel has – hold onto your seats - 2,900 calories, 182 g fat and 240 g carbs. OMG, that’s just an appetizer, what is that all about!

The point is that this book also had some good ratings on other restaurants. I chose to go to Chick-fil-a, as they were one of the few restaurants rated an A+. Not one of their sandwiches was over 500 calories. Their best, and what I got, was the Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich. It has 270 calories, 3.5 fat grams, 28 grams of protein, and 33 carbs. Fairly good for a fast food joint. Paired with their substitutable fruit side and a diet coke, it was quite a happy day for all.

Most restaurants have nutritional facts on their websites, so you can do some detective work before you go out. While I don’t go out too often and definitely don’t recommend doing so, it’s good to know that there are choices out there and you can make healthier decisions when out and about!