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Let us help you make healthier choices!
Balanced U is a program designed to help
you do just that through highlighting
healthy foods, providing nutrition information, and creating foods in the healthiest ways possible. Each month has a special focus on functional food topics of interest to help you make informed choices
for a healthy lifestyle.
The following icons identify
foods as vegetarian or vegan:
These foods do not contain any
animal products at all. This
includes: honey, eggs, dairy,
chicken, beef, seafood, or pork
products.
Foods that do not contain any
poultry, pork, beef, seafood, or
fish. These foods may contain
eggs or dairy.
Meatless Eating at
For more information,
please contact:
Tower’s Café
Laura Vollink, RD, LD
Chartwells Resident Dietitian
[email protected]
573-651-5145
@SEMOdiningRD
Redhawkdish.blogspot.com
Nutrition Blog
Twitter
Nutritional
Information
A handy guide to identify
healthy meatless dining
options at
Towers Café
Thinking about
becoming vegetarian or
vegan?
Make sure you eat smart and plan ahead to
ensure your body is getting all of the
nutrients it needs.
By way of excluding some or all animal
products from the diet, a vegetarian diet is
naturally lower in total fat, saturated fat, and
cholesterol, but can still be unhealthy if too
many calories are consumed or essential
nutrient levels are not being met. Careful
planning needs to be considered when
excluding any kinds of foods from a diet.
Some nutrients of concern specific to
consuming a vegetarian diet include:
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Protein
Calcium
Zinc
Iron
Vitamin B-12
Daily Vegetarian Options
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Vegetarian entrée* & steamed vegetable can be
found at the Eat Learn Live station next to the grill.
Be Creative!
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Keep your eyes open for extra options! For
example, at a chicken fajita bar you will find tortillas, refried beans, and Spanish rice– top it off
with shredded cheddar and jalapenos for a delicious vegetarian meal!
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Dip your crudités from the salad bar in our
house-made vegan hummus.
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Spread our house-made specialty cream cheese
spread on an apple for a sweet dessert.
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In the evenings, our Menutainment menu
may offer vegetarian options. At this action
station, a stir-fry or tossed pasta can be
made without meat by your request!
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Look for vegetarian options rotating through
the grill station such as grilled cheese, cheese
nachos, French toast sticks, and others.
*50% of these entrée options are vegan!
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Twirl your fork around some pasta with either marinara or alfredo, available at Trattoria.
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Trattoria also offers cheese pizza, vegetable pizza,
and cheese bread (or request a special veggie combo
of your choice!) Look for our cinnamon bread at
lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Top your salad with one of the vegetarian proteins
found every day on the salad bar including black
beans, chick peas, kidney beans, tofu, and boiled egg.
Enjoy our 4 different kinds of lettuce and 6+ different kinds of raw vegetables.
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Don’t forget to check out the vegetarian soup at the
salad bar (vegan soups on rotation– just follow the
labels!)
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Stop by the deli bar to build your own house-made
hummus* or egg salad sandwich. Complete your
sandwich with three different cheese options and
toppings such as tomato, lettuce, cucumber, banana
pepper, olives, cucumbers, and others.
*the hummus is always vegan!
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Also on rotation at the deli bar, spruce up your
sandwich with deli spreads such as pimento cream
cheese, roasted red pepper spread, and avocadocilantro spread.
For more information on why these
nutrients are important and how to
make sure you are getting enough of
them, visit our website at
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www.dineoncampus.com/
semo
At the Terre Ve station cold composed salads can
round out your meal. Try our Mediterranean grain
salad, pesto pasta, Italian vegetables, fruit salads, and
more.
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Low-fat yogurt, PB & J sandwiches, waffles, fruit, and
cereal are available during all service hours.
Help us honor the Meatless Monday
movement at the theme station every
Monday at Lunch. Options you may find
include a baked potato bar, pasta bar,
falafel bar, or pancake bar!