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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
A year or so ago I was complaining in a post that Cracker Barrel Restaurant
wouldn't tell me if their chicken salad contained sugar, or what the carb count was in any of their meals. (They're extremely secretive about recipes and ingredients). I even boycotted them for a while. Well, I'm away from home for the holiday weekend, and because there is a Cracker Barrel adjacent to the hotel where I'm staying we went there for dinner this evening. I was very surprised and delighted to find that they now have an entire page of their menu dedicated to new low-carb meals and side dishes! Not only this, but the carb counts for each item are printed on the menu. It's a great selection, and still has the Cracker Barrel traditional "home cooking" flavors and quality. I had a grilled roast beef that came with three sides. To go with it I selected the tossed salad with peppercorn dressing (they claim the dressing has just 1g of carbs), turnip greens (cooked with ham), and the special veggie of the evening: boiled cabbage cooked with bacon. The portions were generous as usual for CB, and it was a delicious, filling meal. I'm happy about this because I truly always have loved their food, and am glad that I can now order off the menu without omissions or substitutions. I chatted with the manager after we ate and let him know how pleased we were. He said that they just got the new menues with the low carb items about two weeks ago, and that they are now chain-wide standard selections. Yes! -- Peter 270/216/180 Before/Current Pix: http://users.thelink.net/marengo/bef...eafterpix.html |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
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"marengo" wrote: [...] Well, I'm away from home for the holiday weekend, and because there is a Cracker Barrel adjacent to the hotel where I'm staying we went there for dinner this evening. I was very surprised and delighted to find that they now have an entire page of their menu dedicated to new low-carb meals and side dishes! Not only this, but the carb counts for each item are printed on the menu. It's a great selection, and still has the Cracker Barrel traditional "home cooking" flavors and quality. [...] Cracker Barrel hasn't landed in Hawaii yet but, from the sounds of it, I hope it does! I did get to a Chili's restaurant a week ago and was happy to see their LC menu complete with carbs/fiber/net carbs! Slowly, but surely...g Aloha from the land of high carb plate lunches!...Sue |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
OOOhhhhhh!! Cracker Barrel is one of my favourites. Whenever I get back to
the States on a visit, I ALWAYS have to visit - and it's usually more than once!!!! Can't wait to try this out! JD 262/207.5/140 Started 5th Jan, 2004 June Challenge 10lbs "marengo" wrote in message s.com... A year or so ago I was complaining in a post that Cracker Barrel Restaurant wouldn't tell me if their chicken salad contained sugar, or what the carb count was in any of their meals. (They're extremely secretive about recipes and ingredients). I even boycotted them for a while. Well, I'm away from home for the holiday weekend, and because there is a Cracker Barrel adjacent to the hotel where I'm staying we went there for dinner this evening. I was very surprised and delighted to find that they now have an entire page of their menu dedicated to new low-carb meals and side dishes! Not only this, but the carb counts for each item are printed on the menu. It's a great selection, and still has the Cracker Barrel traditional "home cooking" flavors and quality. I had a grilled roast beef that came with three sides. To go with it I selected the tossed salad with peppercorn dressing (they claim the dressing has just 1g of carbs), turnip greens (cooked with ham), and the special veggie of the evening: boiled cabbage cooked with bacon. The portions were generous as usual for CB, and it was a delicious, filling meal. I'm happy about this because I truly always have loved their food, and am glad that I can now order off the menu without omissions or substitutions. I chatted with the manager after we ate and let him know how pleased we were. He said that they just got the new menues with the low carb items about two weeks ago, and that they are now chain-wide standard selections. Yes! -- Peter 270/216/180 Before/Current Pix: http://users.thelink.net/marengo/bef...eafterpix.html |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
Awesome news! We're going out with friends next weekend and they asked if I
could eat at CB. I had intended to find "something" on the menu I could eat. Nice to know I will be able to order more than "something". |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
"Acertaingirl" wrote in message ... Awesome news! We're going out with friends next weekend and they asked if I could eat at CB. I had intended to find "something" on the menu I could eat. Nice to know I will be able to order more than "something". All they did was take a couple side dishes and add a couple slizes of tomato and they call it a low carb menu. Check the prices on the sides, it MAY COST LESS to order a side of eggs and a side of bacon, sausage or ham. Who needs the stupid tomato they added and that 7 carb slice of bread for high price they charge? This really isn't a big deal! Regards, Gunn |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
The low carb menus aren't necessary- just make sure I can have my choices
and I will be happy. This last trip, I almost begged to leave "Atkins" out of the conversation. I just want choices that are low in starch and sugar free. You chose the restaurant, I'll find the choices. Any good restaurant should be able to honor this with today's pressure to offer healthy choices. I don't need to be singled out. -- Diane Atkins since 12/4/2003 234/199 /150 5"8 CCLL about 27 Enjoy life & keep the calories down to your weight x 10 and watch the salt! "Gunnloth" wrote in message . .. "Acertaingirl" wrote in message ... Awesome news! We're going out with friends next weekend and they asked if I could eat at CB. I had intended to find "something" on the menu I could eat. Nice to know I will be able to order more than "something". All they did was take a couple side dishes and add a couple slizes of tomato and they call it a low carb menu. Check the prices on the sides, it MAY COST LESS to order a side of eggs and a side of bacon, sausage or ham. Who needs the stupid tomato they added and that 7 carb slice of bread for high price they charge? This really isn't a big deal! Regards, Gunn |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
one more thought: do you eat a menu item because someone said it was low
carb or it was on a low carb menu? how stupid. Know your foods and widen your choices. -- Diane Atkins since 12/4/2003 234/199 /150 5"8 CCLL about 27 Enjoy life & keep the calories down to your weight x 10 and watch the salt! Awesome news! We're going out with friends next weekend and they asked if I could eat at CB. I had intended to find "something" on the menu I could eat. Nice to know I will be able to order more than "something". All they did was take a couple side dishes and add a couple slizes of tomato and they call it a low carb menu. Check the prices on the sides, it MAY COST LESS to order a side of eggs and a side of bacon, sausage or ham. Who needs the stupid tomato they added and that 7 carb slice of bread for high price they charge? This really isn't a big deal! Regards, Gunn |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
one more thought: do you eat a menu item because someone said it was low
carb or it was on a low carb menu? how stupid. Know your foods and widen your choices. First of all, I'm not stupid - what I AM is new to low-carb and I'm still learning. CB isn't really known for "healthy" food so I was happy to hear they had a menu with carb counts (since I don't know them off the top of my head yet). Thankfully I've met a lot of kind people on this ng, who were taught not to call others names. |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
diane wrote:
The low carb menus aren't necessary- just make sure I can have my choices and I will be happy. This last trip, I almost begged to leave "Atkins" out of the conversation. I just want choices that are low in starch and sugar free. You chose the restaurant, I'll find the choices. Any good restaurant should be able to honor this with today's pressure to offer healthy choices. I don't need to be singled out. word. i don't even follow atkins, but yeah - i feel exactly the same way. just pick a restaurant, and i'll find something i can eat that works for me. i hate the whole concept of needing "special" food. |
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Woohoo! Cracker Barrel restaurant goes low carb!
All they did was take a couple side dishes and add a couple slizes of tomato
and they call it a low carb menu. Check the prices on the sides, it MAY COST LESS to order a side of eggs and a side of bacon, sausage or ham. Actually, we're going for dinner, hopefully I'll find something other than bacon and eggs (perhaps I read the OP wrong). |
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