Healthy Choices
- Bouillabaisse (shellfish soup)
- Brochette de boeuf (glazed & skewered tenderloin)
- Les huitres (oysters on the half shell)
- Coq au Vin (chicken stew with wine)
- Petite steak au poivre (pepper steak)
- Cotes d’agneau grilles (broiled lamb chop)
- Grilled or poached fish
- Nicoise salad (order dressing on the side)
- New potatoes
- Saffron rice
- French bread
- Low-fat cue words: chicken consommé, bordelaise, nouvelle sauces, en papillote
Tips
- Many lean cuts of meat come with high-fat sauces. Ask that your sauce come on the side or not at all. For example, order the tenderloin, but without the béarnaise.
- Ask that no butter is added to your veggies.
- Higher-fat cue words: béarnaise, Wellington, béchamel, hollandaise, mornay, foie gras, au gratin, creme fraiche, cordon bleu.
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