Skinny + Delicious = Skinnylicious!

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I am a big fan of The Cheesecake Factory. I have yet to try anything that I don’t like on their menu. My husband and I make it a point to go there once every few weeks even if only for dessert. Upon finding out that they started a low calorie program called Skinnylicious I was very excited. Especially since this coincided with a  new calorie counting diet I was trying.

The premise of the Skinnylicous menu is simple – Great tasting food. Modest sized portions. Less calories.

Not only were we excited about the option of being able to select anything from the new menu and not worry about calories, but let’s be honest – the menu at The Cheesecake Factory is more like a book. As much as I love the restaurant, it was a relief to have a much more narrowed down selection to choose from. The faster we chose, the sooner we ate!

As an appetizer we decided to have the edamame and for our main course we decided to split the chicken soft tacos. Both dishes were pretty tasty and we are looking forward to choosing off of that menu again!

Greek Salad…With a Twist!

My favorite salad is a Greek salad. There is just something about the combination of flavors that I thoroughly enjoy. Naturally, last summer, on a trip to Greece with my husband, we made sure to try the Greek salad at every restaurant we went to. (Traveller’s note: The Greek don’t just call it a “salad”, but a “Greek salad” as well!). Not surprisingly many restaurants we went to had AMAZING Greek salads. However, unfortunately for others their salads were terrible. Who puts capers on a Greek salad anyway?

Following our trip to Greece we made a stop in Egypt to visit some family. Similar to Greek salads, the primary ingredients of salads in Egypt are tomatoes and cucumbers. While having dinner at my husband’s grandmothers house, we tried a salad she made that had not only tomatoes and cucumbers, but onions and yellow bell peppers as well. While I am not a huge onion fan, I found that the yellow bell peppers were delicious!