Hi everyone, I have been lurking for a number of weeks so here goes my first post. I am the controller for a restaurant group and eat at various restaurants for lunch everyday. I am extremely bored with grilled chicken Caesar salad and burgers without buns. Does anyone have any other roadhouse-style restaurant ideas for lunch? When I am at the Steakhouse restaurant I have no problems just the Roadhouse because we have alot of tex-mex and sandwiches.

This board has been a great inspiration for me. It is nice to see such a large support group for people trying to maintain a WOE that is not necessarily accepted by your peers in regular life.

Thanks in Advance

How about Carne Asade (broiled skirt steak) at a Mexican restaurant. I just had a real nice lunch. I ordered the carne asada and said no rice, no beans and please bring extra lettuce and tomato. To my great delight - the waiter brougt a lovely plate of salad, guacamole and carne asada.

My husband and I also enjoy barbecued crab and steamed vegetables at Joe's Crab Shack.

Karen

Tex-Mex places are a real challenge, but I have an ideas. How about Fajitas without the pitas and no sauces? I've done this before and it works out quite well, especially if they serve sour cream and guacamole with the fixings...

Karen,
Just wanted to give you a heads up - Carne Asada (at least if it's authentic) is actually marinated in fruit juices and seasonings.

A lot of places use Sunny-Delight and seasonings...I know it sounds weird, but it adds a lot to the taste! Unfortunately, it's hard to detect if you don't know it's there.

Next time make sure you ask them what they marinate it in...just be careful.

Thanks for the heads up on the Carne Asada, but it did not taste at all sweet and it was served plain with no sauce at all. Thanks to my recent WOE - I am pretty dern sensitive to sweetness - so I think I would know! Green beans taste almost too sweet.

Karen