To reduce the amount of fat in your meal, choose dishes with tomato-based sauces, such as tandoori and madras, plain rice or chapatti.Īlso choose plenty of vegetables, including lentil side dishes (known as dhal). Try to avoid anything that’s creamy or deep fried. Healthier options: clear soups such as tom yum, salads, stir-fried meat, fish or vegetable dishes, steamed seafood dishes, such as fish or mussels.Try to avoid: fried rice, fishcakes, spring rolls, prawn crackers, satay skewers with peanut sauce and sweet and sour dishes.Have some steamed rice with your meal instead of egg fried rice. If you choose a curry, try not to eat all the sauce. Thai curries, such as the popular green and red curries, contain coconut milk, which is high in saturated fat. Try to stick to stir-fried dishes or steamed dishes containing chicken, fish or vegetables instead of curries. Healthier options: crab and corn soup, steamed dumplings, steamed vegetables and plain boiled rice, steamed fish, chicken chop suey, Szechuan prawns.
Try to avoid: sweet and sour battered pork balls with special or egg fried rice, prawn toast, spring rolls.Steamed dishes are the best option, but stir-fries are fine because they’re usually lower in fat and include vegetables. Watch out for starters such as prawn crackers and spring rolls because these are generally deep fried.Īnything in batter will be high in fat, sweet and sour pork is usually battered. Healthier options: small or medium pizza with a thin base and vegetable or lean meat topping, tomato-based pasta sauces, bruschetta.Īnything that’s battered or marked as “crispy” on the menu means it’s deep fried.Try to avoid: large deep-pan pizzas, pizzas with the crust stuffed with cheese, triple cheese with pepperoni pizzas, creamy pasta sauces, garlic bread.Rather than garlic bread, which often contains a lot of butter (and is therefore high in fat), you could try bruschetta, which is a tasty ciabatta bread toasted and topped with fresh tomatoes and herbs.
If you’re having a starter or a dessert then you could go for a smaller main meal such as a starter-size pasta with a side salad – Italian restaurants often serve two sizes of pasta dishes. With pasta dishes, if you want a lower-fat option then go for a sauce that’s based on tomatoes or vegetables rather than cream. You could ask for some extra veg on your pizza to bump up your daily fruit and veg portions.īut if you don’t want to increase the saturated fat content and number of calories in your meal, don’t ask for extra cheese. If you’re having pizza, choose lower-fat toppings, such as vegetables, ham, fish and prawns. Healthier options: fish coated in breadcrumbs, mushy peas, thicker-cut chips without salt.
There are lots of ways of making your trip to the chippy a healthier one. Some takeaways and restaurants now list calories on their menus, which lets you opt for something with fewer calories.īelow are some tips on foods to avoid and healthier options when ordering your favourite takeaway. Some takeaway meals can push you over your recommended daily maximum amount of salt and fat, which can lead to a variety of health problems, such as heart disease and diabetes. Takeaways are often cheap, convenient and satisfying but, unfortunately, they’re not always very healthy.
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