If not, you can eat your needed portion and take the rest home for another meal. Ask for toppings and salad dressings to be put on the side. When you read the menu, look for key words that indicate the amount of fat in a food. Buttered or buttery Fried Rich Scalloped Breaded Parmesan When eating in a Chinese restaurant, try the wonton soup, steamed rice, and steamed dumplings. Try to limit fried egg rolls, duck dishes, and fried rice.
Italian restaurants can be a source of lowfat foods.
Try the pasta with marinara, or red clam sauce, vegetable pizza, or minestrone. Limit cream and cheese sauces on pasta. Mexican restaurants offer lowfat choices. Try the beans and rice, soft tacos and fajitas. Try the corn tortillas rather than the flour tortillas.