Just Ask

Over the weekend I had an awesome visit with 2 of my best girlfriends for our annual "Girls Weekend".  I knew our afternoons of shopping would burn a few calories :), but probably not enough to off-set nights of gourmet food, endless glasses of wine and chocolate to go with it.  So in the morning I tried to eat a big breakfast including eggs for protein to get the best start to my day.

After shopping and walking around San Francisco, we ended up at a really fun wine bar to end the night.  The wine flights were spectacular (I enjoyed a nice last horrah of a white flight in anticipation of drinking only 1 glass of red wine after dinner during 6FIT - my heart will thank me later!).  I couldn't help but notice that not one of the small plates on the menu was a main vegetable dish (except for the greens in the 2 salad offerings)! We chose to share a few small plates: a cheese platter, root vegetable chips with dip and pizzeta.  After finishing the root chips we had practically the whole bowl full of french onion dip leftover so we asked for some more chips.  And when those were gone there was still delicious dip waiting to be consumed.  So in a completely non-Kristin like fashion (the wine couldn't have had anything to do with it), I asked the server to ask the cook if he could provide us with a raw veggie platter.

And he did!  And he cut them in cute little bite size pieces AND it was the cheapest thing we ordered.  Although alongside the shaved asparagus he also added some shaved green onion pieces which we unfortunately discovered by thinking they were asparagus.  Do people really eat raw green onion?

Anyway, I was proud of myself for asking for a healthy option out at a restaurant.  It's not something I've ever done before, but as Connor starts eating solid foods I know I will want to ask more often.  It drives me CRAZY when I see the options for children's menu include only yellow and brown foods!!!

So next time you're out at a restaurant and in the mood for carrot sticks (with or without dip or hummus) instead of chips and salsa, don't be afraid to ask for it!