Thai Food HELP

lisamac62

HELP!!!!!!!!! The office is taking a coworker out for her birthday today at a Thai Food restaraunt ...... What is safe to eat?????????????????

tadpole242

HELP!!!!!!!!! The office is taking a coworker out for her birthday today at a Thai Food restaraunt ...... What is safe to eat?????????????????

All of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dovetail22uk

I googled for you!

Order low-fat appetizers such as fresh Thai summer rolls. Summer rolls are made with fresh, crispy ingredients such as cucumber, lettuce and herbs, and steamed in rice wrappers, rather than fried. Thai restaurants serve "satay" meats, meat grilled without oil, which can be accompanied by sweet or spicy dipping sauces. You can also order salads, instead of fattening soups. The well-known shredded papaya salad contains carrots and herbs. Thai green mango salad contains raw mangoes and shallots. Both salads use a fat-free lime vinaigrette dressing.

Skip entrees with fried meats, noodles, coconut milk and peanuts. To be on the healthier side you can order cashew chicken because the dish contains raw nuts, which have healthy fats such as omega-3 fatty acids. You can also order healthy entrees from the vegetarian section of the menu such as vegetables stir fried in garlic or steamed seafood dishes. For dishes that contain coconut milk and peanuts, tell the waiter that you don't want such ingredients added to your dish and ask about alternative, low-fat ingredients.

Avoid dessert. Unfortunately, there's no way to get around the calories in Thai cuisine's most famous desserts, sticky rice with mango, which contains more than 500 calories per serving, and fried ice cream. To curb your sweet tooth after dinner, order a glass of Thai iced tea, an anise-flavored black tea sweetened with condensed milk, which contains around 200 calories per serving.

Alternatively - eat your packed lunch instead.

Absonthebrain

Generally thai food seems pretty healthy but here is a link that you can use to help with making your lunch choices today

http://www.livestrong.com/article/276803-healthy-thai-food-choices-at-restaurants/

MinnieInMaine

Definitely avoid the Pad Thai - it's tasty, but between the noodles, peanut sauce and nut topping, you've got a lot of calories.

Think like you would at any restaurant. If you get soup, make sure it's broth based. If you get a salad, get the dressing on the side or ask to not have any dressing at all. If you get an app, same thing - no dipping sauces. Grilled or steamed meats are pretty safe as are steamed veggies. Avoid anything fried/crispy. And go with brown rice rather than white or fried rice.

My personal favorite combination is chicken satay (NO peanut sauce), steamed dumplings and Tom Yum soup

Acg67

HELP!!!!!!!!! The office is taking a coworker out for her birthday today at a Thai Food restaraunt ...... What is safe to eat?????????????????

Anything that you aren't allergic too, i'm partial to pad kee mao

tadpole242

It’s one meal on one day in the whole of the rest of your life,

Forget the dieting nonsense as diets don’t work, Eat what you like to eat, just stop when you’re full.
Eat and be happy, Just learn portion control.

Martucha123

Don't eat the waiter
other than that you are good

ajewellmom

No pad thai . . . it's crazy high in calories. That said, if you love it, eat it . . . just pack up half to take home.

You can enjoy a bowl of soup and a mango salad. Lots of bold flavours, high nutritional values and decent on the calorie counting side. It can be done.

acpgee

I would just avoid things with coconut cream (ie green curry and tom kha gai soup) and peanut sauces (ie satay sauce). Most thai food is pretty healthy. I like som tam (green papaya salad) and laab (spicy chicken salad). The salad dressings are usually oil free.

BCSMama

Love Thai food!!! My usual orders include (not all at the same time): Som Tam (green papaya salad), Spring rolls, chicken satay, steamed dumplings,Tom Yum Kai or Goong (clear lemongrass soup with either chicken or shrimp), a non coconut milk based curry with brown rice, or any chicken/veggie dish with brown rice. Sometimes I'll get the coconut milk based curries, but I am pretty good at making those at home, so when I go out I like to get things that I can't or don't make well at home.

Thai food really isn't bad at all. I'd just recommend avoiding the noodle based dishes and sub brown rice for white rice if you can.

alpine1994

I love Thai!!! We go out for Thai almost every weekend. A good go-to is the hot chicken basil. Most thai places have this (but might call it something different). It's sauteed chicken and vegetables in a light sauce with tons of basil and spicyness. It comes with rice, but I ask for brown rice and only use a little bit (I eye-ball a half cup).

I would stay away from appetizers, anything noodle based and peanut based, and the curries probably. Yes, coconut milk is good for you but has tons of calories. Of course anything fried too but you don't find that much besides appetizers.

Or if you want to indulge, indulge!

JessicaRobin67

I order the Beef Salad without the side of rice(which is a heaping bowl)... and change to chicken many times. It is mostly veggies(I have them add bean sprouts to mine as well)... I tell them mild seasoning.