Can I Eat Low Sodium at Perkins

Can I Eat Low Sodium at Perkins

By a reader request, Perkins is the next restaurant to have their menu hacked. We want to know what things are on their menu that may be safe for us to eat on a low sodium diet. Perkins is a family restaurant with full breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus. Very similar to Denny’s. So there is a lot of hope that we can find several options that we can eat and stay low sodium at Perkins.

Perkins Family Restaurant & Bakery

Perkins isn’t just known for comfort diner food. They are known for their pies. I won’t include the desserts individually below, but if you want the pie, you need to stick with just that and a beverage. At 340 to 480 mg per slice of pie, it would put any full meal off the charts. We used the Perkins Nutrition Information found here.

When we talk about putting together a meal in any of these restaurant guides, we are always looking for a main, a side, and a beverage. We are also looking for something that we can eat and not go over 1/3rd of our daily sodium requirements. The USDA/FDA recommend no more than 2300 milligrams of sodium per day for a totally healthy person. The AHA and the Mayo Clinic recommend no more than 1500 mg of sodium per day for anyone with heart issues, high blood pressure, is a woman, is a person of color, or every one over the age of 50. You should have a daily requirement number that your doctor sets for you.

What Can We Eat And Stay Low Sodium At Perkins

So let’s run down the list of safe items. If it is not on this list it is too high. Don’t forget to look at portions where they are specified:

Breakfast

Build your own 3 egg omelet:

3 egg base – 200 mg

Ingredients:

Applewood Bacon 1 pc. – 120 mg

Avocado – 0 mg

Broccoli – 15 mg

Diced Tomatoes – 0 mg

Fresh Spinach – 45 mg

Green Bell Peppers – 0 mg

Swiss Cheese 2 pcs – 170 mg

Jalapeno Peppers – 0 mg

Onions – 0 mg

Mushrooms – 110 mg

Extras:

Fresh Fruit Bowl – 60 mg

Oatmeal – 90 mg

Lunch & Dinners

Garden Side Salad – 140 mg (no dressing)

Grilled Salmon Dinner – 120 mg

Tilapia Grille – 420 mg

Top Sirloin Steak – 105 mg

Sides:

Applesauce – 0 mg

Baked Potato – 150 mg

Broccoli – 140 mg

Buttered Corn – 70 mg

Fresh Fruit – 60 mg

Grilled Asparagus – 0 mg

Sauteed Spinach – 90 mg

Seniors 55 Plus Menu

French Toast Breakfast (2 pcs) – 470 mg

1 Egg – 60 mg

Traveler – 65 mg

2 Egg Build your own omelet – 130 mg (see ingredients above)

Top Sirloin Dinner – 105 mg