Italian Resturant - What do you eat ?

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  • Chas_Rankin
    Chas_Rankin Posts: 22
    Going on a date to an Italian resturant.. What do i eat? Chicken Parm 400 cal...egg plant 425 cal...
    what would you eat?
    I'm thinking pig out and then go to the gym for 2 hours..LOL

    Easy rules, hun... Enjoy the salad (easy dressing), Limit the bread (dip in olive oil instead of using butter), A cup of Minestrone is usually a good choce. For the entree, it's best to inform your server that you're interested in hearing about "healthy entrees" instead of saying you're "on a diet". If it's a good restaurant, servers go out of their way to please you and will give special instructions to the chef. Tiramisu-- sure! Share it with your sweetheart.

    If on the other hand, your date takes you to a dive, fuggetabodit! ... Call me at ### LOL ... Have fun and bon appetit!
  • herz28camaro
    herz28camaro Posts: 26 Member
    LMAO..thank you all for your response, support and the laugh's.. Love ya's
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    edited May 2016
    BigGuy47 wrote: »
    Chicken Picatta.

    This is usually what I get.


    ETA: Holy thread resurrection. How many Italian restaurants have you been to in the past 3 years?
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    Carbonara!! Skip the bread basket. Wine.

    But you should be careful of the estimates you're using for items... 400 for chicken parm? Maybe they're not including any of the pasta in that? I looked and Olive Gardens is 1060!
  • ObsidianMist
    ObsidianMist Posts: 519 Member
    the last time I went to an italian restaurant, which was on my birthday, I tried gnocchi for the first time and it was *kitten* delicious! also had a caesar and a creme brulee. yum yum yum
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    edited May 2016
    herz28camaro wrote: »
    Going on a date to an Italian resturant.. What do i eat? Chicken Parm 400 cal...egg plant 425 cal...
    what would you eat?
    I'm thinking pig out and then go to the gym for 2 hours..LOL

    Personally, I wouldn't do this, only because, well, it doesn't seem like the most healthy approach.
    But, then, we eat out a lot.

    I'd get a caesar salad with salmon. A glass of wine, and a shared dessert. :smile:
  • RobD520
    RobD520 Posts: 420 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    herz28camaro wrote: »
    Going on a date to an Italian resturant.. What do i eat? Chicken Parm 400 cal...egg plant 425 cal...
    what would you eat?
    I'm thinking pig out and then go to the gym for 2 hours..LOL

    Personally, I wouldn't do this, only because, well, it doesn't seem like the most healthy approach.
    But, then, we eat out a lot.

    I'd get a caesar salad with salmon. A glass of wine, and a shared dessert. :smile:

    I look for fresh fish options. Salmon, a small side of pasta, minestrone etc... Italian American cuisine can be calorie dense; but this is not how real Italians eat....
  • rajushank84
    rajushank84 Posts: 10 Member
    edited May 2016
    Don't most Italian restaurants have steak? At least the "American" ones do, lol! I just eat a 6-ounce filet, skip the mashed potatoes (or touch on them lightly). 400 calories, 45g protein, and yum! Medium rare with zero-calorie A1 sauce.

    But then if I really liked Italian food my answer may be different, lol! I'm saving my carbs for the sambar saadam at the end of the day :).
  • UncaToddly
    UncaToddly Posts: 146 Member
    Piper911 wrote: »
    But to answer your question I always say if its a once in a while thing enjoy yourself!

    This is the way I am trying to approach my "lifestyle change" (they keep telling me not to think of it as a 'diet'). I have been pretty good lately, especially now that I have been doing pretty good getting out and doing daily walks but I had to accept that what works best for me is to be as good as I can during the week when things are more structured due to work breaks and such and then just do the best I can on the weekends and not beat myself up if I fail miserably sometimes.

    We used to do the AYCE Asian buffets pretty often before I started this. Now we don't eat out as much but if I decide that the buffet is what I want for a special dinner.... I am just gonna accept that the food enjoyment I got that day was simply a speedbump, not a brick wall in regards to my overall plan.
  • eingmund
    eingmund Posts: 2 Member
    How about you order whatever you want, and ask the waiter / waitress to bring a takeout container to the table when the entree comes. Then eat half the entree (consider ordering a garden salad as a starter), put the other half into the container, and save it for later. If you don't eat the full portion in one sitting, you won't feel so bad.
  • __leis__
    __leis__ Posts: 100 Member
    Chippino (sp?) Is awesome, it's seafood in a tomato based soup. Otherwise I'd get seafood fettuccine and eat probably 1/3 of it.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    leelou84 wrote: »
    Chippino (sp?) Is awesome, it's seafood in a tomato based soup. Otherwise I'd get seafood fettuccine and eat probably 1/3 of it.
    Cioppino. That's actually a great idea, if the restaurant has it! It's more of an American Italian thing, so perhaps!
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I love fried calamari (sp?) from a good Italian restaurant.

    Haven't gone out for Italian in a long time though.
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