Too tired to cook? When you pack the family off to one of the many mid-priced "family style" restaurants, keep these healthy selections in mind.

Tips:

• Avoid dishes with lots of cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise.
• Instead of fried oysters, or fried fish or chicken, choose boiled spiced shrimp, or baked, boiled or grilled fish or chicken.
• Choose bread or pita pockets over croissants.
• Salads make great meals, but be careful of the dressing.
• Split a large entree with another family member. You’ll save dollars — and calories!
• Try to avoid all-you-can-eat buffets because you're more likely to eat more than you need.

Cream soups	Broth-based soups with lots of vegetables
Quiche and salad	Soup and salad
Buffalo chicken wings	Peel-and-eat shrimp
Fried chicken sandwich	Blackened chicken sandwich
Chicken fried steak	Veggie burger
French fries or potatoes and gravy	Baked potato; potatoes without gravy; rice without gravy; cooked greens made without salt pork or lard
Creamy coleslaw	Sauteed vegetables or tossed salad
Hot fudge sundae or ice cream	Non-fat yogurt, sherbet or fruit ice