High Maintenance Mom

My family and I like to try to eat out together at least once a month. Not only is it a break from cooking and cleaning, it's a chance to teach our children how to act at a restaurant and how to make healthy food choices eating out. I have always been very skeptical of chain restaurants and also frustrated that they could never seem to put healthy food on their kids menu. How hard is it really?....

Whole wheat pasta, steamed vegetables, chicken nuggets that are baked not fried, meats without nitrates, fresh fruit, etc. So recently when I saw Health Magazine investigated the top fast food restaurants to find the healthiest, I was eager to see their findings See the entire article and list at http://living.health.com/2009/02/19/americas-healthiest-fast-food-restaurants/. The magazine also did a ranking of the healthiest chain restaurants. You can find the list at http://eating.health.com/2008/04/23/the-healthiest-places-for-you-to-eat-out/. We are going to try Uno's soon!

Things we do to make any restaurant trip more successful....go at the kids usual meal time, bring finger munchies to eat while they wait for their meal, bring hand wipes/hand sanitizer, bring their sippy cups and have some fun!!