10 Tricks to Make Your Favorite Takeout Food Healthier

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We all LOVE takeout food. Around here, we have takeout food every other weekend. We have Chinese food, hoagie sandwiches, cake and ice cream. You may be thinking, how do I do this on a Paleo lifestyle. The bottom line for me is that living a healthy lifestyle doesn't mean that you have to starve yourself or give up the foods that are enjoyable from your favorite takeout restaurants. My hubbie and I are both foodies.

Although, I'm the only one who is Paleo with a sensitive digestive system, we both have become accustomed to altering our takeout food to make it more healthy and less harmful.

Here are 10 ways that we make our takeout meals more healthy:

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Upgrade a hamburger and fries to a black bean burger with roasted red potatoes.

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Convert fried chicken and biscuits to grilled chicken with homemade coleslaw.

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Add your own Garlic and Broccoli as sides.

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Make your own salad dressing instead of the package dressing.

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Lose the hero bread and make it a platter of green salad.

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Swap foods like fried ones with 50% raw veggies.

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Substitute frozen yogurt for ice cream.

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Go with fruit-infused herbal tea instead of sweet soda.

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Go with fruit for dessert instead of cake.

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Add tomatoes instead of cheese on your sandwich or burger.