Dining out when Paleo is not impossible, but it does take
being prepared to make the right food and restaurant choices. At all cost try to avoid fast food. Avoid all gluten and grain based food items
on the menu. You can always find meat
and veggie choices on a menu that can be custom prepared if you inform your
waiter. Ask to substitute vegetables or
a baked sweet potato in place of gluten and grain based sides.
Grilled meats are usually a safe bet. Some Japanese Hibachi grills offer a choice
of protein with extra veggies (sans rice) and salad with gluten free
sauces. Spanish Tapas restaurants are
another great eating out option that offers mostly meat and vegetable centered
dishes. Thai restaurants offer a variety
of coconut milk based dishes with a choice of protein and vegetable that can be
cooked to fit Paleo. You can’t always
control everything that is used to prepare and make the food when eating out,
but you can control your protein and sides to fit a Paleo lifestyle.
Here are some dishes that I have ordered when eating out.
Meson Sabika Tapas, Naperville, IL
Grilled Artic Char with a Pineapple Lemon Sauce over Fresh Spinach
Grilled Beef Tenderloin in a Red Wine Cherry Tomato Sauce with Sweet Potato Puree
Merkels Bar & Grill, Wrigleyville, Chicago, IL
Bun less burger with fried egg and bacon with extra lettuce
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