Cooking & Baking

I think restaurants generally have a lot more hidden sugars than they let on. I’m not vegetarian, and when I eat out, have a rather limited range of restaurant food I can order that I know won’t spike my sugar: vegetable omelet, steak with a vegetable, chef salad without dressing, and a few other things. Even what seems like a harmless chicken dish can have all kinds of crap in it that I can’t handle.

A vegetarian restaurant isn’t going to have as much protein and fat on the menu to help temper the effects of carbs, hidden and otherwise. Vegetarian and vegan cuisines are more difficult to do in a palatable way that doesn’t spike blood sugar, so often restaurants offer dishes that are deficient in protein and fiber and lean on high-carb dressings and sauces.