To-go, Go-to

Yesterday was a busy day, and the pantry is somehow empty. The family decided they wanted subs from Wawa. I decided to give the Italian sub in a bowl a shot. All I can say is it is YUGE. I ended up eating half of it, and was totally stuffed.

If you're on the road or having a busy day, sometimes you just will not have the time or means to mix up a bowl of fathead pizza dough, or braise a rack of ribs. Sometimes you need options! A few ideas to keep up your (and my sleeve):

• Sub in a bowl. Most of the sandwich chains will make these for you.
• Mcdonald's breakfast platter, eggs, sausage, bacon.
• Mcdonald's egg mcmuffin, minus the muffin. Sausage for higher fat. You can now get these all day!
• Fast food burger without the bun. Check for "all beef" and "no fillers" first to make sure they're not sneaking carbs in.
• Some fast food places now offer lettuce wrapped burgers!
• Eating dinner at a sit down place? Just eat like you would at home- meat and above ground veggies. Can anyone ever go wrong with a ribeye and broccoli?
• Protein salads, be sure it's not a breaded protein source like friend chicken/shrimp.
• At a nice Italian restaurant? Look for a charcuterie board/cheese and meat plate on the appetizer list. Meats, cheeses, maybe some olives and marinated peppers, all good for you!
• Mexican? Fajitas without the wraps or the sides.
• Chinese? Just kidding, don't even try. Go somewhere else.
• Sushi? Go for riceless sushi, sashimi. Hibachi options may be okay but watch it, sauces can be tricky too- use caution.
• Pizza place? You may be stuck with wings, if they use a sweet sauce get 'em naked, like you like your cowboys.
• Food truck palooza? Turkey legs, jerk chicken, bunless burgers, sauce sauce sauce watch the damned sauce!
• Emergency gas station stop while on road trip- this is tricky, you know if you don't get a bite to eat you may die. You have no time to get real food and there are no fast food options nearby. BTDT!! RUN for the cooler if they have one- you may find string cheese and/or hard boiled eggs. Check the snack aisle, they may have bags of nuts... peanuts or almonds or pistachios. Look by the protein bars, do they have Quest bars? This part is scary, and the trick of course is preparing ahead of time on road trips by packing snack foods but no one is perfect. Look hard enough and I bet you can find a keto friendly snack at the gnarliest of road side gas stations.

Now you have some to-go, go-tos! Keto on!