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Category: A little of this and a little of that. | Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 2:49 pm

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Both my honey and I love to eat out on the weekends. Frees up our time so we can do other things that we enjoy.
One of the restaurants we dine at is Perkins. We I just read an article that told you what you should not eat and what you can substitute as a lower calorie meal.
Now this meal sounds really healthy but it is loaded with calories, fat, and sodium. Go figure!
It's their Butterball Turkey & Dressing meal. White turkey meat is one of the lightest meats you can eat. But because it is covered in gravy and it comes with so many starchy side dishes it looses it's good for you benefit. That meal includes mashed potato's with gravy, broccoli and cranberry sauce and a roll. Are you ready for this----
That meal has a whopping 1,000 calories, 49 grams of fat (yikes!), 19 grams of saturated fat, are you ready---3,230 mg of sodium.
That's more than a weeks sodium need in one meal.

The article suggests that you substitute eating their
Top Sirloin Steak Dinner, w/baked potato w/ whipped butter blend, Butter-steamed broccoli and skip the roll as it can add an extra 120 calories.
The above meal is 570 total calories, 22 grams of fat, ).5 g trans.fats,280 mg of sodium. Even though the fat is higher in this meal. It is still a better choice.
We I know what I will be ordering the next time I go to Perkins. Stay tune for more restaurant bad for you and good for you meals.


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Frank wrote on Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:27 pm:

That's a lot of sodium.

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eileen wrote on Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:47 pm:

I couldn't have eaten there as the salt content is way too high. Ian and I have an, almost, salt free diet.

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Mrs. Galeassi wrote on Fri Apr 26, 2013 12:28 pm:

Ha I'm hungry now! Wow maybe I should pay attention to calories and stuff but I haven't jumped on that boat yet. Give it time cause I will try anything once. But I tend to like my yummys, its my bad habit! Ohhh if you have a Golden Coral you should check that place out! My kids favorite cause its a huge buffett. :)

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