Emergency Take-out Tips: Ideas for Healthiest Choices

There are times when even 10 minutes is too long to prepare a meal. Here are some ideas for the healthiest choices in fast food and take-out restaurants:

Fast Food

• Fajita
• Roast beef or turkey sandwich with low-fat mayonnaise or mustard
• Plain hamburger (no cheese)
• Grilled or broiled chicken sandwich + Vegetable roll-up sandwiches
• Baked potato
• Salad with low-fat dressing
• Chicken Caesar salad with low-fat dressing
• Low-fat frozen yogurt
• Pizza with vegetable toppings and less cheese
• Soft taco with less cheese and sour cream

• Rotisserie chicken without skin + Steamed vegetables
• Zucchini marinara + New potatoes
• Rice pilaf

• Steamed Peking ravioli
• Hot & sour or wonton soups
• Stir-fried vegetables with chicken or seafood
• Chop suey or chow mein
• Lo mein with vegetables, chicken, or seafood
• Moo shi with vegetables, chicken, or seafood
• White rice

• Salad with low-fat dressing
• Pasta e fagioli or minestrone soup
• Pasta with marinara, seafood, or lemon sauce + Chicken piccata
• Chicken cacciatore

For beverage choices, most places offer low-fat milk or unsweetened iced tea instead of sweetened carbonated drinks.

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Excerpted from:

From The Weeknight Survival Cookbook: How to Make Healthy Meals in 10 Minutes by Dena Irwin, R.D. Copyright © 1998 by Dena Irwin. All rights reserved. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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