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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
On CNBC this morning. CEO talking about new low carb menu including
mashed califlower. Hopefully, other restaurants will catch the wave! |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
On 11 Nov 2003 07:58:24 -0800, tintinet wrote:
On CNBC this morning. CEO talking about new low carb menu including mashed califlower. Hopefully, other restaurants will catch the wave! Wow. I'm shocked. I don't know whether to be happy or afraid. -- Bob M in CT Remove 'x.' to reply |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
That's good to hear. Eating out is where I tend to blow it. Hope the trend
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
Yep! The mashed, creamed cauliflower is DEElicious! I didn't catch the CEO's TV appearance but did happen to have dinner at Ruby Tuesday the other night. Ruby Tuesday's unique claim to fame is their "serious salad bar", which offers the low-carb dieter plenty of choices. But do be careful about which salad dressing you use - for example they have a "light" ranch dressing which is lowfat but HIGH in carbohydrate, as well as a low-carb (standard) ranch dressing that you may have to ask for. They are also providing a high level of detail on nutritional content, supportive of both low-fat and low-carb dieters. I get the impression that Ruby Tuesday is eagerly trying to be genuinely low-carb friendly, but will need the help of knowledgeable low-carb dieters to fine-tune everything. So by all means visit your local Ruby Tuesday and make sure they know what you need! For example, the manager where I was seemed to like my suggestion that they group low-carb salad dressings and toppings in one area, and high-carb dressings and things like croutons and pasta salad toppings in another. Encourage them in this new attitude and we all may benefit!!! -John S., Wellesley Hills, MA In article , tintinet wrote: On CNBC this morning. CEO talking about new low carb menu including mashed califlower. Hopefully, other restaurants will catch the wave! |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
SPHINX Technologies wrote:
Yep! The mashed, creamed cauliflower is DEElicious! I didn't catch the CEO's TV appearance but did happen to have dinner at Ruby Tuesday the other night. Ruby Tuesday's unique claim to fame is their "serious salad bar", which offers the low-carb dieter plenty of choices. But do be careful about which salad dressing you use - for example they have a "light" ranch dressing which is lowfat but HIGH in carbohydrate, as well as a low-carb (standard) ranch dressing that you may have to ask for. They are also providing a high level of detail on nutritional content, supportive of both low-fat and low-carb dieters. I get the impression that Ruby Tuesday is eagerly trying to be genuinely low-carb friendly, but will need the help of knowledgeable low-carb dieters to fine-tune everything. So by all means visit your local Ruby Tuesday and make sure they know what you need! For example, the manager where I was seemed to like my suggestion that they group low-carb salad dressings and toppings in one area, and high-carb dressings and things like croutons and pasta salad toppings in another. Encourage them in this new attitude and we all may benefit!!! -John S., Wellesley Hills, MA Which RT did you go to, John? I have read varying reports about the salad bars. Otherwise, I would have tried RT long ago. Now that they are making an effort to please LC patrons, I'll check them out though. -- Jean B. |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
In article , Jean B. wrote:
Which RT did you go to, John? I have read varying reports about the salad bars. Otherwise, I would have tried RT long ago. Now that they are making an effort to please LC patrons, I'll check them out though. -- Jean B. This was the only one I am familiar with in the Boston area, which is on Route 9 in Framingham, MA. It's on the Westbound side and I believe it's between Exits 12 and 13 on the Mass Pike. If I'm remembering the exits correctly, Exit 12 puts you on Route 9 and you would have to drive about 3 - 4 miles EAST on Route 9. Exit 13 puts you on Route 30, and you would want to drive WEST on Route 30 until it merges with Route 9, continue WEST on Route 9 about a mile from that point. As you arrive at the Ruby Tuesday's location, the most obvious landmarks, both on the same side of Route 9 (the Westbound side) will be a STAPLES sign and an all-night Walgreen's. Ruby Tuesday is BETWEEN those two landmarks, in the same shopping plaza. Route 9 is aka Worcester Road, if you are looking up the address. (Pronounced WOOH-stuh, for the non-natives.) -John S. |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 08:53:19 -0500, "Jean B." wrote:
Which RT did you go to, John? I have read varying reports about the salad bars. Otherwise, I would have tried RT long ago. Now that they are making an effort to please LC patrons, I'll check them out though. Jean -- In addition to the one in Framingham that's mentioned in another post, there's one in Mall Rockingham Park in Salem NH. It's only a few minutes away from the Super Wal-Mart, so you could combine visits to both places on your next trek up there, if you go during a mealtime. (I think that the salad bar is better at the one in Framingham than it was at the one in Salem, though.) Em |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
SPHINX Technologies wrote:
In article , Jean B. wrote: Which RT did you go to, John? I have read varying reports about the salad bars. Otherwise, I would have tried RT long ago. Now that they are making an effort to please LC patrons, I'll check them out though. -- Jean B. This was the only one I am familiar with in the Boston area, which is on Route 9 in Framingham, MA. It's on the Westbound side and I believe it's between Exits 12 and 13 on the Mass Pike. If I'm remembering the exits correctly, Exit 12 puts you on Route 9 and you would have to drive about 3 - 4 miles EAST on Route 9. Exit 13 puts you on Route 30, and you would want to drive WEST on Route 30 until it merges with Route 9, continue WEST on Route 9 about a mile from that point. As you arrive at the Ruby Tuesday's location, the most obvious landmarks, both on the same side of Route 9 (the Westbound side) will be a STAPLES sign and an all-night Walgreen's. Ruby Tuesday is BETWEEN those two landmarks, in the same shopping plaza. Route 9 is aka Worcester Road, if you are looking up the address. (Pronounced WOOH-stuh, for the non-natives.) -John S. Thanks, John. I do know Route 9 because I used to live in Brookline before I moved to Lexington. I happened to go to the Ruby Tuesday's in Watertown (Arsenal Mall?) today when my daughter made the mistake of saying she would deign to eat a hamburg. Both as I was entering and as I was leaving I told the manager how wonderful it was that they had added LC items to their menus, and had provided carb counts on those items. I had the Grilled Cajun Chicken, which came with steamed broccoli and the previously commented upon cauliflower. The chicken looked sort-of fake, but it was not dry and it had a very nice flavor. The cauliflower was good, but I can make better myself. The broccoli was served plain, and I had to ask for some butter to put on it. I also had to try the cheesecake. There was so much cinnamon in the crust that one couldn't tell whether it just nuts or not. There were definitely some pieces of nuts, so I hope someone can tell me that the normal cheesecake does not have ANY ground nuts in the crust at all. Anyway, the cheesecake was good, and I haven't died from eating it. I will definitely brave the strange (to me) atmosphere to go there again. I think these places that are trying to accommodate LC diners should get our business whenever possible, and we should be vocal about what is drawing us there. I am happy to say that as I was leaving the manager did say that the LC items were doing very well. Jean B. |
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Ruby Tuesday Unveils Low Carb Menu
emkay wrote:
Jean -- In addition to the one in Framingham that's mentioned in another post, there's one in Mall Rockingham Park in Salem NH. It's only a few minutes away from the Super Wal-Mart, so you could combine visits to both places on your next trek up there, if you go during a mealtime. (I think that the salad bar is better at the one in Framingham than it was at the one in Salem, though.) Hehe. I bought a good map book today, which actually shows Salem, NH in addition to Massachusetts. I'm going to get up there again within the next month or so--maybe when my little navigator is out of school. The salad bar at the Watertown Ruby Tuesday's was basic salad stuff, pasta salad, potato salad, some fruits. I think that's it. Not terribly inspiring. (The BEST salad bar I ever ate at was in Maine, just over the border from NH and MA [I think]--at a lobster place. The salad bar was absolutely huge.... I wish there were more good salad bars. Actually the one at the Fresh Pond Whole Foods may be the best one I know now. Expensive though, because they now have what used to be more-expensive stuff plus the less-expenisve salad items at one price.) -- Jean B. |
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