Dining Out Guide: Slash the Fat of Your Favorite Meals

Ruby Tuesday Peppercorn Mushroom Sirloin

As ordered: 1,115 calories, 56 g fat
9-ounce peppercorn-seasoned sirloin, sauté portobello mushrooms, and parmesan cream sauce; served with buttered toast and baked potato topped with butter and sour cream.

 

Better: 805 cal, 37 g fat
Scrape half of the parmesan cream sauce off the steak, and season your baked potato with pepper only.

 

Virtuous: 625 cal, 34 g fat
Skip the spud altogether.

 

Total saved: 490 cal, 22 g fat!