Low Calorie Food for a Picnic
By WLR's Food Information Executive, Laurence Beeken
When you are at a picnic it’s easy to forget all about your diet and tuck into whatever is available.
But stop! Use our quick and handy guide to low calorie picnic food swaps and make a better choice.
| Swap this… | For this… | Save Cals | Save Fat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 dtsp | Blue cheese salad dressing | 1 tbsp | Caesar salad dressing, 95% fat free | 29.1 | 4.0 |
| 1 | Magnum ice cream (Chocolate Desire) | 1 | Skinny Cow ice cream stick (Cookies 'n' Cream) | 285 | 23 |
| 1 small slice | Black forest gateau | 1 slice | Sponge flan with fruit | 118 | 11.7 |
| 1 | Beef burger, 100% beef (no roll) | 1 | Tuna Burger (no roll) | 106 | 12.7 |
| 1 scoop | Ice cream dairy flavoured | 2 scoop | Sorbet exotic fruit | 17.4 | 3.3 |
| 1 tbsp | Honey & mustard dressing | 1 tbsp | Honey & mustard low fat dressing | 53.3 | 6.3 |
| 1 tbsp | Double cream | 1 tbsp | Greek style natural yoghurt | 74.6 | 9.2 |
| 1 | Yoghurt drink, orange banana & passion fruit | 1 | Milk shake, banana flavour | 85 | 0 |
| 8 2 tbsp |
Strawberries and single cream |
8 2 tbsp |
Strawberries and low fat vanilla ice cream |
19 | 3.7 |
| ½ pint | Carlsberg export lager | ½ pint | Holsten Pils lager | 11.3 | 0 |
| 1 small | Beef steak, fillet, grilled | 1 | Chicken breast, fillet, grilled |
71.3 | 7.4 |
| 1 serving | Salad potato with mayonnaise | 1 serving | Salad potato with reduced calorie dressing | 142 | 16.7 |
| 1 | Roast chicken & salad sandwich | 1 | Roast chicken & salad wrap | 15 | 1.8 |
| 2 tbsp | Houmous | 2 tbsp | Houmous 30% less fat | 182.3 | 17.1 |
| 1 | Plain breadstick | 1 | Celery stick | 38.4 | 0.9 |
| 1 tbsp | French dressing | 1 tbsp | French dressing less than 3% fat | 93.4 | 10.5 |
| 1 serving | Prawn cocktail | 1 serving | Prawn cocktail reduced fat | 265 | 30.9 |
| 1 slice | Quiche Lorraine | 1 slice | Quiche Lorraine, half fat | 202 | 19.2 |
| 2 tbsp | Cheese & chive dip | 2 tbsp | Cheese & chive dip, 50% less fat | 128.2 | 15.5 |
| 1 tbsp | Salad cream | 1 tbsp | Salad cream, reduced calorie | 30.8 | 3 |
| 1 serving | Breaded garlic mushrooms | 1 serving | Garlic mushrooms | 38.7 | 0.2 |
| 1 | Sausage roll, puff pastry | 1 | Sausage roll, 30% less fat | 75 | 8.9 |
| Small serving | Chips fried | 1 small | Jacket potato | 165.6 | 12.3 |
| 1 | Premium pork sausage | 1 | Pork sausage, reduced fat | 88.3 | 10.5 |
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