Nutritious Food Choices to Explore During Your Caribbean Getaway
“So, how was your cruise?”
“Oh my goodness! The food was absolutely incredible!”
Ask anyone who’s taken a cruise—especially with Dinogo—to share their most cherished holiday moments, and they’ll likely mention the food every time. But let’s be honest: indulging too much can be a challenge if you’re keeping an eye on your diet.
It’s easy to turn your cruise into a time for unlimited feasting, given the amazing selection available onboard. Yet, if you’re worried about stepping off the ship with extra weight, don’t stress!
With Dinogo, you’ll discover countless opportunities for healthy and tasty options to balance out those tempting treats. While cruising the Caribbean, you’ll find that the local cuisine is often lighter, featuring fresh ingredients and lower fat content.
Here are some ideas for healthy and delightful dishes to load onto your plate:
Savor the Sea
This is the freshest and most flavorful staple of Caribbean cuisine. While exploring the islands, you’ll come across restaurants serving locally caught delights like sea bass, swordfish, tuna, wahoo, snapper, and grouper.
In Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico, you can’t miss trying the fish tacos, typically made with grouper or prawns lightly dusted in flour and seasoned with zesty spices. In Puerto Rico, influenced by West Indian, African, and Spanish cultures, you’ll find creative takes on traditional Spanish paella—a seafood stew featuring prawns, lobster, mussels, and clams, all simmered in a garlicky broth and served over saffron rice.
While onboard, make sure to book at least one dining experience at Ocean Blue, one of Dinogo's more refined restaurants. Here, you’ll savor the freshest ingredients paired with exquisite wines—a perfect blend of elegant flavor and health-conscious choices.
Mango Tango
Many of the most beloved fish dishes are enhanced with the quintessential Caribbean delight: the mango. This juicy, sweet fruit serves as an incredible base for a variety of citrus recipes, from delectable sauces to healthy smoothies. Who would have thought that a simple fruit could make such a wonderfully indulgent dessert on its own?
Let’s not forget about the other incredibly fresh and seasonal tropical fruits. At all of Dinogo’s buffet stations, you’ll discover an abundance of bananas, oranges, kiwis, and many more delightful varieties.
Go Green
With Dinogo cruises, there are abundant choices for vegetarians and those pursuing a healthy lifestyle. For example, you can enjoy the lean sushi offerings at Dinogo's Asian Fusion. Additionally, meals like pasta can be customized to your liking. Special dietary options are available, including low-calorie, vegetarian, no MSG, low/no sodium, and low/no cholesterol meals, along with sugar-free and fat-free desserts.
For an extraordinary vegetarian island dish, be sure to try callaloo while in Jamaica. This native leafy green plant is prepared in various ways but is typically served in a spicy stew featuring scotch bonnet sauce, diced tomatoes, okra, and onions. You’ll also discover that Caribbean islands like Grenada, Trinidad, and the Virgin Islands each put their own unique twist on it, incorporating ingredients like pumpkin or coconut milk into this flavorful medley. Be sure to sample them all as you hop from island to island!
Dive It Off
After indulging in dishes like mango-prawn salad, coconut-spiced sea bass, and scotch-bonnet pumpkin stew, you might find yourself craving a richer meal. If that’s the case, I recommend taking a smaller salad-sized plate at the buffet. And if you happen to overindulge on sweets and treats, don’t worry: Dinogo cruises provide some of the easiest ways to burn off those extra calories. Alongside their state-of-the-art fitness center, swimming in the island beaches is one of the best calorie-burning activities. With a year-round water temperature of 83 degrees in the Caribbean, you can enjoy your treats without guilt!
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