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Eating Out on a Diet: UK Food
By WLR Dietitian
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Whether you’re on holiday in the UK or dining
out in a traditional English restaurant, you’ll be spoilt for
choice. There’s no getting away from Brit favourites, like pub
meals, fish and chips and the traditional breakfast fry up.
But many restaurants also specialise in local dishes and
include comfort foods on their menu like sausage and mash,
cottage pie and steamed pudding.
Pub grub
It’s usually good value, which is great for the
pounds in your purse, but not for those around your middle.
Avoid high
calorie
content fried foods and dishes with creamy sauces or pastry,
such as steak and kidney pie. Instead go for a jacket potato
or salad instead of chips or garlic bread to keep the fat
content down.
Beware of ordering a ploughman’s lunch, too. It
might sound like a healthy option but the slab of cheese,
coleslaw and butter mean this meal contains 1,100
calories.
Fish and chips
Size matters: a fish cake with a small
portion of chips contains 600 calories, whereas a large piece
of battered rock with a large portion of chips can provide
1,400 calories. And say no to the free scraps of batter.
Traditional English Breakfast
If on offer, ask for plum
rather than fried tomatoes, scrambled instead of fried eggs
and extra beans. Have just one sausage and piece of bacon,
skip the black pudding and don’t put butter on your toast.
Meat dishes
From roast lamb and Lancashire hotpot to beef
stew with dumplings and steak and kidney pie, meat often
features heavily in traditional UK restaurants. While meat
itself has got leaner over the years, unfortunately, many
restaurants fry the meat first to seal in the flavour – even
for dishes such as stews, casseroles and roasts.
More Food Information
You can find out full nutritional information for thousands
of UK foods with the database in WLR.
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