What to get at the Cheesecake Factory
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bonniejo
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Going to lunch tomorrow at the cheesecake factory, trying to decide if I should get one of the lettuce wrap tacos or the ahi carpaccio. Are either of those enough for a whole meal? What do you recommend there?
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Cheesecake.0
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Skinnylicious menu. Under 590 calories and it has everything.0
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They have some really good salads. High calorie and huge, but fairly nutritious. Get one, dressing on the side, and only eat 1/3-1/2! Save the rest for lunch on Tuesday Enjoy yourself!0
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I personally LOVE the cobb salad.0
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Um... cheesecake.0
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Nothing wrong with a small slice of cheesecake (cheesecake is rich). If there is something grilled or steamed that you can get for a main course, go for that.0
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Right, I know how to order the right food. I'm just wondering if the appetizers there are big enough to fill me up so I can save all my calories for cheesecake! Also which one tastes better, the lettuce wrap tacos or the ahi carpaccio?0
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Ahi0
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I just had the lettuce wrap tacos yesterday and they were AWFUL. What a waste of money. Order ANYTHING else. Seriously.0
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Last time I had the Mexican lettuce wrap tacos (which I found delicious) and a piece of cheesecake (the pecan pumpkin one). That was maybe 1100 calories total? of course it will depend on the cheesecake you want. And it was filling for me, and I don't get full easily, but it wasn't one of my 'hungry' hormonal days either.
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Their omelets are pretty awesome, especially the one with avocado & chicken chorizo. Mmmm! I don't get cheesecake there, though. NOT that it's "bad" it's just that I'd rather spend my calories on other stuff.0
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Cheesecake and the chicken and biscuits.0
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Cheesecake Factory has a SkinnyLicious menu. If you look at it online, you can plan your whole meal that way.0
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Anything you want. Plan the meal the day before into your app and make the rest of your calories revolve around that meal.0
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gamesandgains wrote: »Anything you want. Plan the meal the day before into your app and make the rest of your calories revolve around that meal.
Quite sure that for 99% of the people here, it would be technically impossible to plan a day around a Cheesecake Factory meal while having 'anything you want' there, considering that a lot of entrees are probably more than most people's goals alone...0 -
njitaliana wrote: »Cheesecake Factory has a SkinnyLicious menu. If you look at it online, you can plan your whole meal that way.
I did not see that when I was there...but their menu is so huge. However, it drives me nuts when restaurants give their lighter options cutesy names like that. GAG!
Don't get me wrong, I'd probably order something from that menu but ugh.
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seltzermint wrote: »njitaliana wrote: »Cheesecake Factory has a SkinnyLicious menu. If you look at it online, you can plan your whole meal that way.
I did not see that when I was there...but their menu is so huge. However, it drives me nuts when restaurants give their lighter options cutesy names like that. GAG!
Don't get me wrong, I'd probably order something from that menu but ugh.
I agree. Also, I'm late to this thread, but on msn.com today there was an article, "What 5 Nutritionists Would Order at the Cheesecake Factory". I didn't read it as we don't have one, but it probably has some good suggestions.0 -
seltzermint wrote: »njitaliana wrote: »Cheesecake Factory has a SkinnyLicious menu. If you look at it online, you can plan your whole meal that way.
I did not see that when I was there...but their menu is so huge. However, it drives me nuts when restaurants give their lighter options cutesy names like that. GAG!
Don't get me wrong, I'd probably order something from that menu but ugh.
I agree. Also, I'm late to this thread, but on msn.com today there was an article, "What 5 Nutritionists Would Order at the Cheesecake Factory". I didn't read it as we don't have one, but it probably has some good suggestions.
http://news.health.com/2014/12/03/what-5-dietitians-order-at-the-cheesecake-factory/
Cool!
Basically though yeah...they all suggested going with the light menu and making tons of substitutions. One of them did suggest a veggie omelet. None of them would order cheesecake, which is kind of a surprise actually...I figured they would address that somehow.
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gamesandgains wrote: »Anything you want. Plan the meal the day before into your app and make the rest of your calories revolve around that meal.
Quite sure that for 99% of the people here, it would be technically impossible to plan a day around a Cheesecake Factory meal while having 'anything you want' there, considering that a lot of entrees are probably more than most people's goals alone...
If you plan on eating the whole entree, yes, I agree.
But the entrees that are not on the Skinnylicious menu are really big. Actually, even a couple of the Skinnylicious entrees are really big. Easily two or three servings, so someone could pick what they want and take 1/2 - 2/3 of it home and be able to manage.
They could probably fit cheesecake in as well, but they'd need to be OK with just a bite or two for dessert and taking the rest home.
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