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Enjoying Healthy Food
from my SparkPeople blog:
I went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner last night, The Birchwood Cafe, which serves organic locally grown produce, including many vegan and vegetarian dishes. (It's a little tough to track SparkPoints when I eat there because many of their dishes are so unusual that there is nothing to compare them to in the nutrition tracker. So tracking things eaten there is pure guess). When I had finished eating, I told them to send word to the cooks: I had ordered the Golden Beet Risotta, which included carnaroli rice with roasted golden beets, arugula, grand padano cheese, heirloom tomatoes, chevre, purple basil chiffonade, and pine nuts. "Tell them that it was so good I almost cried. It was the best meal I've eaten in a couple of months. Tell them I had to stop myself from making orgasmic sounds as I ate, for fear of scaring the other diners."
I love eating at the Birchwood because it's a terrific example that healthy food can be absolutely delicious. I had gone a little bit high on calories for the day before I had gone there, which was part of the reason I chose that restaurant: I knew that I could find a reasonable calorie option that would be a memorable dining experience.
I went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner last night, The Birchwood Cafe, which serves organic locally grown produce, including many vegan and vegetarian dishes. (It's a little tough to track SparkPoints when I eat there because many of their dishes are so unusual that there is nothing to compare them to in the nutrition tracker. So tracking things eaten there is pure guess). When I had finished eating, I told them to send word to the cooks: I had ordered the Golden Beet Risotta, which included carnaroli rice with roasted golden beets, arugula, grand padano cheese, heirloom tomatoes, chevre, purple basil chiffonade, and pine nuts. "Tell them that it was so good I almost cried. It was the best meal I've eaten in a couple of months. Tell them I had to stop myself from making orgasmic sounds as I ate, for fear of scaring the other diners."
I love eating at the Birchwood because it's a terrific example that healthy food can be absolutely delicious. I had gone a little bit high on calories for the day before I had gone there, which was part of the reason I chose that restaurant: I knew that I could find a reasonable calorie option that would be a memorable dining experience.