Redefining healthful eating - low carb restaurant dishes

Savvy diners and restaurant owners today want to eat healthy, but instead of talking about avoiding calories, fat, sodium and sugar, they emphasize "eating clean ".
"Health doesn't necessarily mean low-fat, low-carb, or low-taste," said the owner of San Hai Bay.
"We have a bacon we smoke inside --
The local ranch house.
It was healthy for me and bacon too.
It's local and the meat is clean.
"More and more restaurant owners are responding to customers who know that healthy eating means moderate consumption of real food.
Even San Antonio Tex-
Mexican cuisine.
"People think this dish is very spicy, tastes very heavy, weighs a lot, and is fried," said the owner of 20079 Stone Oak Avenue, her Stone Oak restaurant with the same name, located in the original location of 100 Hoffen Avenue.
"No, no, no.
"Even vegetarian food is more likely to emphasize taste than health benefits.
"We see it as something that introduces good taste," co-
The boss is with his brother Chris on the 17 th on the 10 th, Green vegetarian food and coffee.
"We are not going to cook healthy dishes.
"The owners of the three restaurants known for their health choices talked about their efforts to make the menu" healthier "and some of the challenges they faced and why they did so.
In the Bay, a few years ago, celebrity chefand his "Diner, Drive-
Asvestas said her decision to focus on locally organically grown food came from research on the way food was produced.
"Oprah is talking about (organic and local) and people listen when Oprah talks about it," she said . ".
"People are learning.
"In the early days of green opening in the 2007 s, it was a bigger problem to do different things.
"It's very difficult," he said.
"It's a kind of meat in San Antonio --eating place.
People see a vegetarian restaurant, but this is not where they want to go.
Instead, they focus on the culinary traditions of their family.
They have Lulu cafe and prison cafe.
Yes, a restaurant known for serving cinnamon rolls larger than children.
"I grew up eating carne guisada at the Blanco Cafe," Mike said . ". “Chicken-
Steak, chicken and dumplings.
The brothers decided to take their 20-
Plus a few years of working in a restaurant, they have different views on the home cooking they ate and prepared from an early age.
"We want to do something that people can come in and don't feel so guilty," Chris said . ".
"It's almost a sense of guilt --free zone.
We did fire something, but we did it in a healthier way.
We hope to do something healthier here.
"They decided to create a menu to appeal to vegetarians without scaring away meat and food animals.
Most of their business today
Brothers estimated between 60% and 80%.
From non-vegetarians.
Chris says their model is working because the business is nearly doubling from a year ago and restaurants are about to expand.
This is a problem for Aldaco to anticipate customer needs.
About 10 years ago, she began adding lighter menu options, such as lighthearted flan recipes, and served roasted rather than fried peppers.
"The light dishes are simple," Aldaco said . ".
"This is our root.
At the same time, she began to provide glutenfree options.
Aldaco said it was a matter of thinking about her production process, but in the end it wasn't that big an adjustment.
For example, a way to make chips completely gluten free
Use separate Fryer for free.
In this way, the oil will not be contaminated with fried peppers.
This oil, which has never been exposed to wheat, can also be used in flour.
It is essential for employees to understand the menu and the content of the different items.
"They must know.
Because we make someone sick.
If you don't know, we will tell them to find a manager.
Of course, these three institutions are not the only ones designed to provide healthier choices.
Others include the recently opened vegetarian diet, 8407 Broadway, Long Term restaurant adrantante, and 21 Bree Avenue.
Vegetarian, Tex.
Mexican products and Pavani Express at 5755 pavroad, these are Indian street food that happens to be vegetarians.
In the Bay, Asvestas heard her customers talking about eating clean food.
"More and more people come here to eat organic food and local food.
I asked a few people to tell me, 'Your place is the only place where I have meat.