Saturday, May 30, 2009

A friend of mine is the manager at a local Red Lobster, so in honor of you Justin, here is the Eat This, Not That for this restaurant.

Eat This:
  • Live Maine lobster with cocktail sauce and seasoned broccoli. Lobsters are a good source of phosphorus, which helps the body to turn carbs and fat into energy and use protein to repair cells and tissues.
  • Garlic grilled jumbo shrimp with lemon juice and a baked potato with pico de gallo.
  • Broiled flounder with lemon juice and a garden salad with red wine vinaigrette.
Little Trick: Request your baked potato with a scoop of pico de gallo instead of butter and sour cream. Besides saving you a few hundred calories, the tomato salsa also provides a dose of powerful antioxidants.

Not That!
  • North pacific king crab legs with melted butter and wild rice pilaf. Crab is naturally low in fat and calories but introduce a coat of butter to each bite and this otherwise healthy meat takes a turn for the worse.
  • Snow crab legs with melted butter and a cheddar bay biscuit.
  • Crab Alfredo.
Hidden Danger: Melted butter. Seafood is great source of heart healthy omega-3s, but not when it's drenched in butter. One fluid ounce drizzles on another 21 grams of fat. Ask for a lemon wedge or cocktail sauce isntead to flavor your fish.

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