Eating out - Moe's

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Happy weekend everyone!  We've had a fun weekend.  We ended up taking a day trip to watch UNC sports - Lacrosse and Softball - on Saturday.  GO HEELS!

Friday night we had a sports meeting at the high school for the Squirrel.  She made the softball team!  She's also been designated as the captain!  We're so proud of her.  But the meeting last until about 7pm.  That doesn't leave a lot of time to have dinner, so we went to Moe's (WELCOME TO MOE'S!).  Their site has a great nutrition calculator where you can build your order and see your values.

She used to get the MooMoo Mr. Cow, but she loaded so much on it, they couldn't roll it.  She's upgraded now to the Joey Bag of Donuts (10" tortilla).  On Friday, she was pretty low (mini wheats cereal for breakfast and left overs for lunch), so she was able to add cilantro rice to her Joey Bag of Donuts.  Only add the FRESH vegetables - onions, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, etc.  Without the Cilantro Rice, it's usually around 530mg.  If you add the seasoned rice, it's only another 100mg.  The cilantro rice is a treat - it adds almost 300mg.....


The Squirrel doesn't eat the chips or Queso since they obviously have a lot of sodium.

The tip here is use the nutrition calculators on the company's website to plan your order before you head out to eat.  There are definitely a lot of options.

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