Palo Alto Chinese Food Delivery: Healthy Options for a Fun Friday Night at Home
Posted by Amelia K. on Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 with 22 Comments
To kick off your weekend on the right foot, a delicious dinner on Friday night is a must. In fact, pairing a dinner treat with family game night or that movie you’ve been wanting to watch can be just the way to wrap up a long week and get in the right mindset for a few days of relaxation. For this kind of low key evening, Chinese food is a staple. And when you want to enjoy this classic cuisine without feeling like you ate your weight in rice and chicken on Saturday morning, we understand. Which is why we’ve pulled together some healthier options for Palo Alto Chinese food delivery. Not only are they a fun way to bring the flavor to your Friday night, they won’t destroy your weekend meal goals in one fell swoop!
Szechwan tofu is a delicious AND healthy way to get a tasty bite of Chinese food this Friday night!
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Green Leaf Chinese Bowls
Similar to building your own burrito bowl, Green Leaf offers a customized entree option for the Asian dishes you love. Their bowls are a great way to indulge in what you’re craving with a little help with portion control. First, choose a carbohydrate rich base. If you’re looking for a healthy option, the brown rice is certainly the way to go because it’s a less refined option than white rice and easier for your body to digest. Next, choose a protein. With an awesome array ranging from grilled beef to garlic butter shrimp to tofu, you can choose something savory that also fits within your dietary goals. Every bowl includes a variety of veggies and herbs, like carrots, cucumbers, mint, and basil, helping you to get the essential nutrients your body needs. Finally, select the perfect sauce to compliment your bowl combination. It’s a totally tasty, yet healthy way to wrap up your Friday.
Appetizer Smorgasboard
If there’s one thing that Jade Palace offers that’s amazing, it’s the Chinese appetizer favorites that are guaranteed to make your mouth water. Order a selection of these appetizers for a fun, out of the ordinary Friday night dinner! Choose a combination of items cover a range of food groups in your meal. Try their pork pot stickers and the mu shu shrimp. Add on an order of the vegetarian egg rolls — they’re a local favorite and packed with vegetable goodness. And don’t forget to grab one of their classic soups. Jade Palace is famous for their high-quality ingredient choices and portion sizes that don’t overwhelm. And that makes it a lot easier to control what you put on your plate!
Szechwan Options
Because the dishes aren’t fried, Szechwan style cooking is a great way to add flavor to your meal without all the calories. At Crouching Tiger, they serve up some of the tastiest Szechwan meals in town. This particular cuisine can be ordered with meats, vegetables, or tofu — which makes it a delicious Friday night dinner option for anyone! Crouching Tiger’s Szechwan dishes are a great way to share a meal, which can help you better control your portion sizes. To keep your meal on the healthy side, order up some of their lettuce wraps as an appetizer. With a choice of chicken or prawns, this is a high protein, low carb menu item that is both filling and delicious. In fact, you might just consider this combo to be your new number one Chinese food delivery selection!
Healthy Chinese Food Delivery in Palo Alto
Not every Chinese menu item that you come across will be super healthy, and it’s okay to indulge every once in a while. But when you want to keep your Friday night dinner on the more nutritious side, these are fabulous options that support your dietary goals without sacrificing flavor. In fact, with how tasty these dishes are — not to mention how well they fill you up — you don’t even have to consider them to be the healthy substitutes for the traditional dishes you usually order. They’ll just become the new favorites that you can’t get enough of!
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I love the sound of some Szechuan take out. I wish I had the willpower to go with lean foods. Usually I stick with Twice Cooked Pork and Dan Dan Noodles.
If you can stick to smaller portion sizes, even the heavier meals don’t have to ruin your goals for the week. ALthough, these healthy options are pretty tasty!
Me personally I love chinese food.So when i found out about Szechwan tofu . I havent been able to come back! Thank you so much !!
Let us know how much you love it!
That green leaf bowl sounds amazing with brown rice and garlic butter shrimp. I think I know whats for dinner tonight!
You will totally love it! Let us know how great it was!
I defnitely don’t worry too much about calories when I order chinese takeout 🙂 It’s one of my guilty pleasures. I might try some healthy substitutions down the road though.
I hear you Lindsay – I have a hard time resisiting the cream cheese wontons myself.
Great variety of places to try with healthy options. That’s one thing on a Friday night, is I like the home comfort feeling without the calories and your blog gave me great options.
I agree, Bryan. A night in with good food can be just the ticket to a fabulous Friday night!
This dish got my mouth watering. I just love tofu and I think it’s a pretty healthy alternative to meat. Unfortunately I often am too lazy to cook tofu for myself because my husband absolutely despises it (he says it’s something about the texture…*shrug*). I’m going to try the pictured dish, Szechwan tofu, as an easy and healthy treat for myself.
I know what you mean – my husband won’t eat tofu, either! Enjoy!
I love me some pot stickers. Good thing everything is super healthy. I can’t stop when it’s Chinese food. I just keep eating and eating with no control. Its my favorite!
Pot stickers are one of my favorites, too, Wade!
I am very happy to Green Leaf Chinese Bowls because basically, I love Asian food. It makes me free of worrying about how healthy this one is.
The Chinese bowls are a great idea, aren’t they? I love it when my favorite cuisines offer something the flavor in the form of something totally healthy, too!
I love chinese food and I love food delivery. Chinese foods aren’t always the healthiest options out there. This sounds pretty fantastic. I love the idea of having healthy options out there so I don’t have to feel as bad about sitting on my couch watching netflix all night. I think this should catch on all over the country.
I totally, agree, Chris! In fact, I think this is exactly what I will be doing tomorrow night!
I really hope something like this comes to my area. As it is, I can only eat Chinese about twice a year due to the terrible ingredients.
Fresh ingredients with your Chinese food definitely make all the difference. And delivery makes life easy!
I’m new to Palo Alto and my first priority after moving into my apartment was finding a booze hole and some excellent chinese takeout. I’ll try the Szechwan tonight.
A great Chinese place close to you is a must. I’m glad we were able to help!