Eating low carb while out at restaurants isn't always easy. I'm starting to learn what my new favorite dishes are at my old favorite restaurants. It makes life so much easier when the restaurants publish nutritional information for their menus! As I find them I will share.
A really tough one for me seems to be Mexican restaurants. It feels like those sneaky carbs take over every, single, meal!
On the Border is close to our house and quick AND they have nutritional information published here. BUT when looking at their nutritional menu I was overwhelmed by such high carb counts.
Until I ran across the Monterey Ranch Chicken Fajitas. They are delish!
When I order them I lose the tortillas because let's face it I've already eaten my carbs in chips while waiting on dinner to arrive :) I order them with a side salad, re-fried beans, and guacamole. The side salad can pack a bunch of hidden carbs before you even add dressing, 20 grams to be exact. So...I'd rather eat big full chips with salsa and maybe queso than tiny chopped up tortilla strips on my salad, lose the tortillas strips. They also add corn and black beans to the pico on their salads, so I try to eat around the corn and black beans or ask to have them left off. I promise you though you will not leave hungry with the amount of chicken, cheese, ranch, and bacon (and onions if you like them) that comes with the fajita platter. Plus a nice side of pico, with no beans or corn, and sour cream.
What are your favorite, go to, staples at restaurants while eating low carb? I'm always looking to add more places to our standard go to restaurant list.
As I come across more nutritional menus and delicious meals I'll keep you all up to date.
