St. Mary's Eat Hearty! Program

Do you want to dine out more often but are afraid that it's not good for your health? Well, now you can have your cake and eat it too. The Eat Hearty! program helps individuals decrease their risk of heart disease by making healthy dining selections that are lower in both fat and cholesterol.

More than 10 establishments in Knoxville and the surrounding areas, including national chains, participate in the Eat Hearty! program, making it easy for you to make healthy choices when dining out. The restaurants work with a registered dietitian to ensure that their recipes are both low in fat and cholesterol. The recipes that meet this heart-healthy criteria are identified on the menu by the Eat Hearty! logo. Click here to print the entire Eat Hearty restaurant booklet.

Items identified by this Eat Hearty! logo follow these heart-healthy criteria:

• Lean cuts of meat and skinless poultry.
• Use of spray oil in cooking.
• No butter, cream or cheese sauces.
• Mixed dishes with approximately 30 percent or less of the calories from fat.
• Margarine, preferably trans-fat free, available instead of butter.
• Up to one ounce of reduced-fat cheese and one tablespoon of nuts.
• Cottage cheese up to two percent milkfat.
• Mustard or reduced-fat mayonnaise.
• No bacon bits, croutons or egg on salads.
• Desserts are 30 percent fat or less.

Look for the Eat Hearty! symbols on the menu at these participating restaurants and make the smart dining choices that are lower in fat and cholesterol and taste great.

The St. Mary's Eat Hearty! program includes:

• Apple Cake Tea Room - Knoxville
• Calhoun's - Knoxville, Lenoir City and Nashville
• Dragon Den - Knoxville
• Golden Girls - Clinton
• Knox County Schools
• Nixon's Deli - Knoxville and Oak Ridge
• Oak Hill Cafe at St. Mary's Medical Center - Knoxville
• Old Mill Bread Company - Knoxville
• Regas Restaurant
• Roddy Vending Company - Knoxville
• Subway - various East Tennessee locations
• Weigel's - various East Tennessee locations

Apple Cake Tea Room
11312 Station West Road (Farragut), 865-966-7848

Calhoun's
400 Neyland Drive, 673-3355
6515 Kingston Pike, 673-3377
10020 Kingston Pike, 673-3444
4550 City Park Drive (Lenoir City), 673-3366
625 Turkey Cove Lane (Turkey Creek), 865-288-1600

Dragon Den
10205A Kingston Pike, 865-691-4529

Golden Girls
Route 1, Highway 61 (Clinton), 865-457-3302

Knox County Schools

Nixon's Deli
220 North Peters Road, 865-694-3719
508 Merchants Road, 865-687-7444
5034 N. Broadway, 865-281-8435
5716 Kingston Pike, 865-558-6354
378 Illinois Avenue (Oak Ridge), 865-482-1600

*Nutritional analysis includes cheese

Oak Hill Cafe at St. Mary's Medical Center
900 E. Oak Hill Avenue, 865-545-7609

Old Mill Bread Company
432 North Cedar Bluff Road, 865-470-7342
Also available at select Kroger locations.

*Nutritional analysis is for one slice of bread.

Roddy Vending Company
Various vending locations in Knoxville, 865-558-3401

Subway
Various East Tennessee locations, 865-777-2600 ext. 24

*Nutritional analysis does not include cheese

Weigel's Corporate Office
3100 Staffordshire Boulevard (Powell) 865-938-2042

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