Friday, March 7, 2008

The Weekend Dish goes healthy

This is The Weekend Dish, a weekly Friday post that provides you with weekend meal suggestions. Share your weekend picks with us. This week we are featuring healthy alternatives written by our Diet Diva Awill.

Friday Dinner: Creamy cauliflower samosas with banana tamarind sauce and crimini mushroom hazelnut crostinis at Pure Food & Wine (54 irving Pl. between 17th and 18th St.).

Saturday Lunch: Country style salad (mixed greens, grape tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, pea shoot and chick-peas) with grilled chicken and their house vingaigrette (on the side of course!) with a skim cappuccino at Grey Dog Coffee (90 University Pl. between 11th and 12th St. or 33 Carmine St. between Bleecker and Bedford St.).

Saturday Dinner: Arugula salad with parmesan and whatever grilled fish is featured on the daily specials at Bar Pitti (268 6th Ave. between Houston and Bleecker St.).

Sunday Brunch: Pumpkin salad (roast pumpkin, baby spinach, goat cheese, pine nuts, and caramlized balsamic dressing) topped with chicken and a strawberry banana smoothie at Ruby's (219 Mulberry St. between Prince and Spring St.).

Sunday Dinner: Polipetti e sedano (grilled octopus with celery and black olives) and salmone alla Trevisana (grilled salmon with radicchio and balsalmic) with a side of spinach from Morandi (Delivery West Village and Chelsea).

No comments: