I've not eaten at Olive Garden in a while, but I do remember their great Parmesan Encrusted Tilapia. Today, the Sunday lunch entree had a much larger portion than other times I have ordered it during the week.  I should have asked why, but I do know that sometimes Sunday lunches at some restaurants are dinner size portions...interesting! 

Today however, I ordered the Tilapia with a different twist...

I ordered the tilapia and instead of regular pasta, I ordered the whole wheat (I sometimes forget to ask).  I got asparagus instead of the veggies and the minestrone soup.  The soup is 6 ounces and only 100 calories for the entire portion.  I only ate about 1/2, to save room for the fish.  I manoeuvred around the pasta and just ate the veggies and beans.  

I had enough left of everything to bring home for dinner, except the asparagus! OK...you guessed it! I'm on an amazing asparagus craze, can't get enough of it...you are bound to see me eating at a restaurants in town that serve either green beans or asparagus!

I realized when we got up to leave the table, that we had eaten with no sign of bread!  Hoooray! That bread is just way too tempting!  My best option is not having it at the table.  

My next challenge is to tell them to keep the mints...Those little Andes mints, which I love, are high in calories. They look so little and innocent!  One of those little guys packs 25 calories, they add up...for the same amount of calories as 2 mints, you could eat a half bowl of soup, pasta and all!

Next time I'm at Olive Garden, I've already decided, I'm going to order the soup and a meatball...so until next time, warm up with a bowl of soup, Olive Garden style.