Spec me some healthy takeaways

RamboFB said:
Fats are not bad at all. They only thing to remember about fats is they are very high in calories. If you are not burning this off then you are going to be putting on a few pounds.
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Very true. Everything in moderation. I recently started cutting as much of the processed stuff out as possible, never had so much energy. I eat loads of stuff now that a lot of people believe to be bad for you.
 
robj20 said:
Very true. Everything in moderation. I recently started cutting as much of the processed stuff out as possible, never had so much energy. I eat loads of stuff now that a lot of people believe to be bad for you.
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Totally agree. If think you have to get a good balance but also you need to eat in accordance with you activity levels. No point eating lots of protein and high calorie fats then sit on the couch all day. That's not going to work out well, pardon the pun.

Processed food are nasty for you, I think everyone can agree on that point no problem.
 
Burgers are alright as well, place i like has wholegrain bread by request, so burger, cheese (proper cheese not plastic), bacon and mayo/mustard, with plenty of salad on. Yum.
 
robj20 said:
Burgers are alright as well, place i like has wholegrain bread by request, so burger, cheese (proper cheese not plastic), bacon and mayo/mustard, with plenty of salad on. Yum.
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Sounds excellent.

I think what I would take from that is you are making the right choices based on you knowledge of food nutrition. To be honest that is the best we can all do.

If you want a takeaway one night you know it's not going be as healthy as making something yourself but that is the choice you are faced with.

All we can do is make the right choices when ordering. I just wish more places did healthier options.
 
My favourite takeaway is Chinese curry with egg fried rice. I strongly suspect it's horribly unhealthy, so don't have it often, but have recently been getting my hit by batch cooking portions of it to keep in the freezer. It's not quite as tasty as a takeaway one, but is close, and is [probably] infinitely healthier :D
 
RamboFB said:
I think that's a big if. Most takeaway places will use the cheapest oil they can find. Coconut oil is very expensive per ml.

I am no expert but I think rice is still processed. I just had quick check online and found a bit of info about this.

The point of this thread was to recommend better choices when ordering takeaway's not how to make healthy food at home, maybe you should start a thread talking about healthy home cooked meals?

So what would you order from a takeaway where you come from?
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i don't order from takeaways often. i prefer to home cook. however a lot of people do tend to make their own rice at home to help cut costs. because well rice is simple to do whereas you would struggle to do a proper naan at home easily.

i usually find i can cook better myself at home for less than 1/4 of the price. so the only things i usually have and this will be like once every 3 months would be fish and chips or a chinese. neither are healthy. the only thing i'll order from an indian is naan to go with home made dishes.

if someone is looking for healthy takeaways then my advice would be the whole point of them is not to be healthy but to be a treat had in moderation. there will be healthy options but what is the point? if you were that obsessed with being healthy you wouldn't need to ask in the first place as you should through research already know what is healthy and what isn't. it's also usually common sense. obviously a donner kebab isn't healthy and having chicken instead will be better.

now i like that you mentioned price here and the cost of oil. as you say coconut oil is expensive. so if they are skimping on oil. what else will they be skimping on? you can turn a healthy dish into an unhealthy one by doing so. chicken could be marinaded in unhealthy oil, left to soak in gallons of it in a chiller to keep it fresh for longer, etc. you don't know what is going into it. so you can never be sure of how healthy it is. they will also be using stuff you normally wouldn't like food colouring or cheaper alternatives. like fake cheese, fake or different types or cuts of meat, etc.
 
cheesyboy said:
My favourite takeaway is Chinese curry with egg fried rice. I strongly suspect it's horribly unhealthy, so don't have it often, but have recently been getting my hit by batch cooking portions of it to keep in the freezer. It's not quite as tasty as a takeaway one, but is close, and is [probably] infinitely healthier :D
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Yes Chinese food can be heavy on the calories but why is it so good, lol!!!

Psycho Sonny said:
i don't order from takeaways often. i prefer to home cook. however a lot of people do tend to make their own rice at home to help cut costs. because well rice is simple to do whereas you would struggle to do a proper naan at home easily.

i usually find i can cook better myself at home for less than 1/4 of the price. so the only things i usually have and this will be like once every 3 months would be fish and chips or a chinese. neither are healthy. the only thing i'll order from an indian is naan to go with home made dishes.

if someone is looking for healthy takeaways then my advice would be the whole point of them is not to be healthy but to be a treat had in moderation. there will be healthy options but what is the point? if you were that obsessed with being healthy you wouldn't need to ask in the first place as you should through research already know what is healthy and what isn't. it's also usually common sense. obviously a donner kebab isn't healthy and having chicken instead will be better.

now i like that you mentioned price here and the cost of oil. as you say coconut oil is expensive. so if they are skimping on oil. what else will they be skimping on? you can turn a healthy dish into an unhealthy one by doing so. chicken could be marinaded in unhealthy oil, left to soak in gallons of it in a chiller to keep it fresh for longer, etc. you don't know what is going into it. so you can never be sure of how healthy it is. they will also be using stuff you normally wouldn't like food colouring or cheaper alternatives. like fake cheese, fake or different types or cuts of meat, etc.
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As we have discussed before you are certainly well informed regarding home style cooking, you should start a thread to talk about it? You have a lot to offer in that regard.
 
RamboFB said:
As we have discussed before you are certainly well informed regarding home style cooking, you should start a thread to talk about it? You have a lot to offer in that regard.
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Had scrambled paneer last night (you can also make it with eggs instead of paneer and most people can't tell the difference between the two, obviously i can but you would be surprised how many can't) with peppers and peas. It's something which a lot of people make in india if they have important guests coming as it's a bit of a delicacy. if you haven't had it before i'd suggest you do there is nothing else quite like it.

i honestly couldn't be bothered to start my own thread. i don't use quantities for a start. everything is measured using my judgement. this is something that would end up going wrong for a lot of people trying to determine how much i used of a certain seasoning, spice, etc.

you can make any indian curry after you learn how to make the tharka. which is finely diced onions fried for a few mins, then added chopped ginger and garlic. that part never changes. quantities of all 3 will change per dish but that is the base for every singe one.

their is actually a dish in india made using yogurt which is called kurree which is likely where curry was derived from many many years ago. people make this on it's own or sometimes add potato and pakora into it. it's a vegetarian dish you can't add meat to it. it won't work.

i'm pretty sure there will be indian youtube videos showing you how to make all this stuff. youtube is taking off over there now. that would be your best bet tbh. i also believe 2 punjabi women in canada who where stay at home mums made their own cooking channel to help girls who couldn't cook to learn. it's a vital skill for a woman to have in our culture because historically woman have done 99% of the cooking within the home in india with men only taking over when meat is being made for special guests.
 
robfosters said:
Chinese curry is ridiculously easy to make at home using goldfish Chinese curry sauce. Takeaway style EFR is very hard though.
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i wouldn't order a normal curry tbh from a chinese. i can make them easy enough using the katsu sauce from asda and it tastes a lot better.

it would be thai spicy noodles, salt and chilli chicken, salt and chilli chips. throw some rice on at home. maybe chicken satay or chicken balls.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
i wouldn't order a normal curry tbh from a chinese. i can make them easy enough using the katsu sauce from asda and it tastes a lot better.

it would be thai spicy noodles, salt and chilli chicken, salt and chilli chips. throw some rice on at home. maybe chicken satay or chicken balls.
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Again, I’ve tried loads of times, but I can’t get rice as good as my local take away.
 
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