HealthFreak wrote:Their sauces are very salty. I put some hoisin sauce on my Buddha's feast and since I don't eat a lot of salt it was easy to tell how salty it was. If you are sensitive to salt I would be very careful about what you order. The Buddha's feast is just steamed vegetables, rice and tofu. It was very healthy but not much taste to it just by itself.
Not only is this one of my favorite dishes, I love it exactly the way it is. Often, I will even ask for extra veggies as sometimes they seem to skimp on the veggies.
I understand how it may seem plain by itself, but natural foods are so full of flavor all by themselves but we often do not appreciate these simple flavors because our taste buds are so used to high salt, high sugar, high fat. However, if we allow them to adjust, we can better appreciate the natural flavor of whole natural foods.
dp135 wrote:If they eliminated the tofu, you would never know it. Tofu was non-existent.
This is actually a good thing because tofu should be thought of as little more than a condiment and not a main course. Personally, I find most of these restaurants give to much tofu and as such, my girlfriend and I will order 2 dishes but only one with Tofu and then share the tofu.
dp135 wrote:It's funny, when I ate meat I thought that being a vegetarian was impossible. Then as a vegan-ish type, I looked at them as a walk in the park type diet with almost no restrictions.
What you have shown is that given the commitment and time, you have been able to change and adjust as desired.
dp135 wrote:I made a dish the other day with water sauteed veggies ( mushrooms, asparagus, carrots, red peppers, vidalia onion, fresh Brussels sprouts, cucumbers and black cracked pepper, garlic, onion powder and added a store bought hot and sour sauce and a little braggs liquid aminos. Served it over brown rice and everyone ( including all the meat eaters) loved it. These restaurants should be able to do things like that too.
However, depending on the hot and sour sauce, and the amount of braggs (which is very high in sodium), the dish may not have been as healthy as thought. Of course, the only way to know for sure, would be to have it analyzed. But when meat-eaters love it, I am concerned
Remember, this thread is about finding the healthiest dishes, without and added salt, sugar and oil.
From the original post.
JeffN wrote:For this thread and this list, I am going to use only those restaurants where you are guaranteed a 100% safe experience without compromise.
So, safe = no added oil, salt, sugar, white flour, etc. etc.
Then, if someone wanted, they could adjust they flavored to their liking by using acceptable condiments, seasonings and flavorings.
In Health
Jeff