We are all reading about nutrition … the rules seem to change daily! It can be confusing, but Calypso has served the same healthy dishes for 16 years throughout countless diet trends. No question, eating a low-fat, high fiber diet rich in nutrients and colorful produce is good for you, but you also need to satisfy your desires… you deserve to enjoy your food!

You will see our ingredients over and over again in health-related columns: chicken, beans, tomatoes, onion, green leaf lettuce (never iceberg at Calypso!), fruit, mustard greens, sweet potatoes, corn, cabbage, carrots, almonds, tuna, etc. We also use generous amounts of spices including garlic and peppers. Many items can be tailored to fit your needs:  vegans often order the Black Bean Salad without dairy or we can make this fantastic salad low-fat by taking away the chips and dairy or the Lucayan Salad can be trimmed down by substituting the Lite Vinaigrette dressing (but don’t cut the almonds, THEY’RE SO GOOD FOR YOU!). Best of all, even with these modifications, you will not be hungry! 

Going low fat?

Satisfying meals with 7 or less grams of fat and less than 500 calories:

¼ white chicken, skinless (add fat free BBQ or Curry sauce), Beans and your choice of Rice, Fresh Fruit or Sweet potatoes

Lite Tuna Salad with Honey Mustard or Tuna salad on pita, Rice and Fresh Fruit

Beans and Three, with Calalloo Greens, Fresh Fruit and Sweet Potatoes or with:

Mixed Bean Salad, Rice and Fresh Fruit

 The following items are low-fat (3 grams fat per serving or less)

Cuban Black Beans

Martinique Calalloo Greens

Rice

Bean and Corn Salad, drained

Spiced Sweet Potatoes

Soups: available seasonally

   Shrimp Gumbo

   Vegetarian Chile

   Chicken Pasta Soup

   Tomato Basil Soup

   Bean and Barley Soup

   Vegetable Stew

Barbecue Sauce

Curry Sauce

Jerk Sauce

Fresh Fruit

Honey Mustard dressing

Pita Bread

Skinless quarter of chicken, white meat

Cuban Black Bean Dip (without cheese, sub pita for tortilla chips)

Chicken Breast Sandwich with Honey Mustard

Boca Burger on Pita

Going Vegetarian?

With the exception of chicken, shrimp and beef, all our items work well with a vegetarian diet. Our side items are entirely vegetarian with the exception of some soups.

Going Vegan?

Cuban Black Beans

Rice

Martinique Callaloo

Spiced Sweet Potatoes

Bean and Corn Salad

Fresh Fruit

Potato chips

Tortilla Chips

Boca Burger

Veggie Pita, no cheese

Vegetarian Chile

Bean and Barley soup

Vegetable Stew

Black Bean Salad, no dairy

House Vinaigrette

Barbecue Sauce

Curry Sauce

Jerk Sauce