To: sprout26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Restaurants. I found that most
restaurants will offer a pasta and vegetable dish. Also, I found most places
understand when you ask them for no oil or butter or to leave off the sauce
and steam the vegetables. Sometimes the chef enjoys the challenge of making
a dish tasty with no fat. I have even left it up to the chef to surprise me
(servers don't usually like risking their tip, so they may be a bit
uncomfortable) and I have been pleasantly surprised with a white wine or
chicken broth (a little fat here) or seasoning mix that was very good. You
can't go wrong because you can always get the dish plain and that's pretty
good too. I don't think you could do this at a Denny's, '99' or Applebees,
but I get this at many restaurants and just last night at an Outback
Steakhouse.