Pickles as an App
Last night I went to Ted’s Montana Grill for dinner. They brought a small bowl, about 1 cup size, of half-dill pickles. Pickles are very low in calories (about 17), and I like crunchy half-dills with a little black-pepper. I found this was a good app.
Instead of reaching for bread, I ate these pickles. By the time the meal had arrived, I eaten the entire bowl, which is much better than eating a basket of bread.
Pickles are high in salt, so don’t do this daily, but I was thinking at deli’s and perhaps some other places there may be a healthy alternative to reaching for the bread basket.
For dinner, I had Salmon on a salad. No cheese and dressing on the side. Picked out the croutons and just ate 1/2 of it. From their web site, I expect this was under 450 calories total, including the pickles.
huck on July 31st 2009 in Quick Tips
Nicki responded on 01 Aug 2009 at 3:14 pm #
I love the ultimate skinny dip with avacado and cottage cheese at Ted’s. I skip the bun. I’m not as huge of a fan of the half sours (sort of a not quite finished pickle) as my husband, but I do appreciate that they don’t put a big loaf of bread in front of me. Ted’s Montana Grill is certainly one of my guilty pleasures!