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At my household, Sundays are a hectic time for meal preparation. After leaving our place of worship, my husband and I usually don’t have time to cook Sunday lunch. Therefore, we’ve started a Sunday family tradition. We travel to a local restaurant that serves an extensive buffet on this day of the week. Some of the eatery’s weekly offerings include roast beef, turkey, fried chicken, ham, butter beans, mashed potatoes, homemade dressing, macaroni and cheese, and too many other items to remember. In addition to meats, vegetables, breads, and salads, patrons can help themselves to delectable desserts as well. After eating this monumental feast, my husband and I don’t usually get hungry for the rest of the day. On this blog, you will learn the advantages of visiting a favorite restaurant with your family on Sundays. Enjoy!

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4 Heart Healthy Meals To Order From Your Local Chinese Restaurant

6 March 2015
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Chinese food is one of the most popular foods in the world. It's a favorite with people who have busy schedules. It tastes great, is affordable, and it is delivered to your door. What could be better?

Well, the downside is that some people are on diets and concerned about too much salt, fat, or meat. They might be under the impression that this means that Chinese food is out of the question. That's no longer true. Many places have a special section of the menu dedicated to heart healthy foods. Even if your local favorite, such as Ginger Beef Restaurants Macewan, doesn't explicitly state the food is "healthy", they probably have some choices that are fine.

Here are four suggestions.

Buddhist Delight

This dish gets its name from the fact that it is popular with Buddhist monks who are vegetarian. The dish has no meat. It is essentially a sauté of mixed vegetables in soy sauce. The most common ingredients are: carrots, peas, cabbage, tofu, water chestnuts, and mushrooms. The vegetables are served with rice.

Extra Healthy Tip: If you want to make the Buddhist Delight extra healthy, then ask for a reduced amount of soy sauce and ask for the white rice to be substituted with brown rice.

Bean Curd With Broccoli

This starts out as a super healthy dish. It is made with steamed bean curd, otherwise known as tofu. Then steamed broccoli is added. A popular sauce is a ginger and garlic mixture. Most Chinese restaurants offer this as a healthy option, so they will not put too much sauce on it.

Extra Healthy Tip: Substitute the white rice that normally comes with the meal with brown rice. Brown rice is much healthier than white rice.

Steamed Vegetable Dumplings

Instead of fried meat dumplings, try the steamed vegetable dumplings. These are made with a savory cabbage filling. The dipping sauce is usually a ginger and garlic based soy sauce.

Extra Healthy Tip: Forgo the soy sauce dip. These dumplings are flavorful enough on their own. If you are concerned about sodium, then you can do without the sauce.

Moo Goo Gai Pan

This is a really popular stir-fry dish. It is made with chicken, cabbage, mushrooms, garlic, water chestnuts, and cabbage.

Extra Healthy Tip: Ask for the chicken to be left out. You can ask for a side of steamed bean curd if you want to replace the chicken with another protein source.