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Burger King launches new ‘healthy’ chicken sandwich

Martin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:04:57 +0000

Fast food giants Burger King announced the US launch of the ‘healthier’ version of its Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich earlier this month, claiming it has less calories, fat and salt than its predecessor. But is it really that healthy?

Burger King marketing chiefs have proudly proclaimed that the chicken burger only has 470 calories, without fries or anything else on the side. Whilst this is lower than a lot of fast food products, it’s still quite a large chunk of daily calorie intake for a sole burger.

Looking on the brighter side, Burger King are making an effort to improve the quality of their food. The new chicken sandwich comes with a whole grain ciabatta bun, and has less fat and salt than other BK options.

This said, you could make your own at home or go to a local sandwich shop for a much healthier chicken sandwich, and it would probably be cheaper.

Hot tips for great wedding food

Anna — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:30:16 +0000

Food may not be the first thing that springs to mind during wedding planning, but for food lovers it is. Everyone’s been to a wedding where the food was awful – probably because it was catered and there were hundreds of freeloading wedding guests to feed – and it does spoil the day a bit.

Here are a few tips on getting your wedding food spot on:

• Prepare in advance – Plan a menu that can be prepared the day before, so you (or your friends or caterers) only need to reheat on the day.

• The cake – Break wedding cake convention by getting one you really like, the more indulgent the better (think big, gooey chocolate sponge cake).

• Use friends and family – What could be better than food made with love, or family recipes passed down through generations?

Nigella Lawson’s Banana Bread – TRY IT!

David — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:20:54 +0000

With Nigella Lawson’s banana bread, we aren’t unfortunately talking about the voluptuous domestic goddess’ personal loaf – we’re on about the amazing recipe she has concocted.

Banana bread is the only sort of cake-baking I actually do (apart from making flapjacks, but they don’t really count) and I’ve found this particular recipe surprisingly simple. All you need is the basics: flour, sugar, eggs, butter, baking powder, vanilla essence and of course, bananas. It’s always best if the bananas are a little over-ripe (they can be nearly completely black), making it a good use for otherwise-inedible ones.

Extras

There are a few variables with this recipe; feel free to try the following at your leisure:

• Currants/sultanas
• Dark rum (my favourite)
• Chocolate chips
• Walnuts

Whichever one you try, the end result is nearly always moist, sweet and just a little bit healthier than other cakes (except that darn carrot cake, of course).

Cheesy changes for Subway

Anna — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:15:03 +0000

Starting next month, Subway are planning to change the way they arrange the cheese on their sandwiches in stores worldwide. They hilariously describe this as a change in ‘cheese tessellation’, prompted by a campaign from die-hard sandwich fans in Australia and New Zealand.

For those not normal people familiar with this particular sandwich debate, the problem is that the cheese triangles in Subway sandwiches is currently overlapped instead of being (snigger) ‘appropriately tessellated’. This causes uneven cheesy distribution for the scoffer – a nightmare indeed.

Changes in cheese placement policy have now been implemented in Canada and Australia, possibly to be introduced throughout the rest of the world.

Note: this isn’t a joke, The Independent ran a story on it.

Negative calorie food – does it exist??

Isabelle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:07:16 +0000

It is a brand new year so you may be thinking on creating a brand new you? If you are a great way to do it is to eat a food group called – Negative calorie food. Foods which consist of negative calories include celery. When you eat celery – you burn off more calories eating it and digesting it than you actually ingest. Another good food to eat is cucumber as this is made up mostly of water!

If you are dieting and are eating these negative calorie foods – remember to stay healthy your body requires vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and approximately 2000 calories for women and 2500 for men – ensure you stay healthy and if you can be bothered get yourself down to the gym!

Foods that shouldn’t go together but do!!

David — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:21 +0000

I have a bit of a phobia / extreme dislike of sweet foods going on to savoury food – prime examples of this are Pineapple on Gammon, Pineapple on burgers or pineapple on pizza – ie Hawaiian pizza – ewwww why would you mix these two together? One is a sweet fruit and one is a pizza – it is WRONG to mix these!

Nonetheless, after having this rant with one of my colleagues they have kindly informed me that Pineapple is a great help with digestion, it is a is diuretic and is a natural cleanser, removing toxins from the body. So eating a pineapple a day keeps the doctor away – however please don’t eat it with a pizza because it is wrong!

Ham fillings and chunky meat!

David — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:24:31 +0000

I am not a stingy or tight person – I don’t mind paying a little bit more just as long as I get better quality for it. When my boyfriend and I were doing our weekly shop in ASDA I came across the chunky meat section, now me being a sucker for a bargain had a nosey inside the fridge. There was a huge slab of meat for a very reasonable price – it was one of those ready cooked ones so all you had to do is cut bits off every time.

The surprising thing was – this huge chunk of meat was about the same price as cooked processed ham which you get pre-sliced. In my opinion the chunky slab of meat was 10 TIMES better than the processed ham – and you get more for your money. So the trick is to shop around and make sure you get the best deal!

Keep hunger locked up til lunch!

Isabelle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:30:46 +0000

Can you remember all of the different advertising slogans you have heard all over the years? One of my favourites is a Shreddies Breakfast cereal TV advert which is where they claim that having Shreddies in the morning locks up hunger until lunch and “hunger” is a monster which gets locked up until dinner time.

My point is it is always good to have a healthy breakfast, when you are asleep you are still burning calories therefore you need to make sure you start the new day in great shape. Having a healthy breakfast then means you are more likely to have a healthy sandwich at lunch time as you are not ravenous and less likely to choose some fast food of vast quantity!

Choose the healthy option – we don’t want to be the obese generation!

Butty shops and my favourite ham sandwich!

David — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:18:42 +0000

When I used to work in Manchester city centre, there was a butty shop called Take 5 and it made the best sandwiches in the world. On offer there were butties pre made that morning in the fridge (I don’t know about you but I don’t like butties that have been chilled – they are not as good as fresh room temperature ones) and then there is a counter where they make them fresh for you with all the ingredients you could ask for!

My favourite was the Ham salad – boring you may think – however the ham was gorgeous and thick and I would have all the trimmings and salad cream on top – yum. It would fill me up until tea time and that is what you need a good sandwich to do otherwise you will be snacking on junk food all afternoon rather than being healthy and waiting for your tea!

Sandwich’s to complement your new years diet

David — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:23:44 +0000

If you overdid it on the festive snacks at Christmas, and are now paying the price and trying to shift those pesky extra pounds, you’ll probably be trying your best to eat as healthily as possible.
Just because you’re on a diet doesn’t mean that you have to starve yourself- you still need to make sure that you’re not depriving yourself of essential nutrients, especially if you lead a busy lifestyle.
Sandwiches are a great way of enjoying a healthy lunch and not feeling hungry 10 minutes.
Rather than white bread, opt for brown or granary, and choose healthy fillings like chicken, salad, tuna and ham. However, try not to indulge in too many of the same types of sandwiches, as you’re likely to get bored and reach for the nearest bar of chocolate- putting all your hard work to waste!