Shape Up Somerville Shows Us the Healthy Side of East Broadway - Part I

With so many great restaurants in the East Broadway Business District, its hard to know where to go on a night out, let alone, what to order! Luckily, Shape Up Somerville (SUS) is here to help. ESMS is excited to help SUS with their goal of promoting a healthy lifestyle through managed diet and exercise. So, we will be posting a series of blog posts identifying the SUS approved, or healthy dishes served at some of our favorite local eateries! Today's post is on Fasika - the only Ethiopian restaurant in the area!

Also, feel free to use these guide alongside the East Broadway Business District's Two for Tuesdays promotion that will be running until March 15, 2012. With this weekly "2 for the price of one deal", you can snack on a favorite dish, or even try something new (specials available at over 12 locations)! With so many different restaurants serving so many healthy food options, you are sure to find some nutritious and delicious meals throughout the Business District.

FASIKA ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT (145-147 Broadway):

Appetizers: Ethiopian Salad (romaine, tomatoes, red onions and ja

lapeno peppers in lemon vinaigrette), Azifa (lentil salad with jalapeno peppers,onions and vinegar), Timatim Fitfit (tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers, in lemon & vinaigrette dressing with injera), Ayeb B-Gomen (homemade cottage cheese mixed with collared greens, herbs and spices), and Suf Fitfit (sunflower juice mixed with onions, jalapeno peppers and other spices with injera).

Fish & Chicken Specialties: Doro Tibs (chicken cooked with onion and jalepenos, served with a side of Ethiopian salad).

Vegetarian Specialties: Tegabino (Spicy traditional sauce made from roasted legumes and Berbere), Misir Wot (split lentils cooked in berbere sauce), Kik Alicha (Mild split peas cooked in garlic and ginger sauce), Gomen Wot (Mild fresh collard green leaves sauteed with onions and garlic), Atakilt kilikil (Mild green beans, carrots, potatoes and onions cooked in a mild sauce), Tikil Gomen (Mild cabbages, carrots, potatoes and green pepper cooked in a turmeric sauce), and Vegetable curry (eggplants, squash, green and red peppers saute

ed in a curry sauce).

Combination Specials: Vegetarian Combo (choice of any five vegetables or appetizers except Vegetable curry, Sambosa or Ayeb Gomen).