The Skinny on Kebabs - Are they good for you?
Kebabs are one of Australians favorite foods. They should definitely be included in the top ten most iconic foods; alongside Pavlova and Vegemite. But calculating their nutritional values / propoints can be tricky.
My recommendations for a healthy kebab are:
- choose chicken
- skip the cheese
- avoid creamy sauces
- and skip the side of hot chips
Weight
Watchers points the following Doner Kebabs as:
|
Kebab
|
Includes
|
ProPoints
|
|
Chicken
|
meat, salad and sauce
|
12
|
|
Beef
|
meat, salad and sauce
|
14
|
|
Lamb
|
meat, salad and sauce
|
15
|
|
Falafel
|
Falaafel, salad and sauce
|
15
|
I would
interpret this as a SMALL kebab with lettuce, tomato, onion and the sauces used
in cooking the meat. Anything else is extra ProPoints.
Below is
the nutritional break down and weight watchers points for some of the most
common ingredients used in Kebabs:
|
Ingredient
|
Serving
|
calories
|
WW
ProPoints
|
|
Wrap,
Lavish bread
|
small
(63g)
|
200
|
5
|
|
Lettuce
|
½ cup
|
4
|
0
|
|
Tomato
|
2
slices
|
5
|
0
|
|
Onion
|
2
slices
|
7
|
0
|
|
Cheese,
cheddar
|
½ cup
(57g)
|
228
|
6
|
|
Mushrooms
|
¼ cup
(18g)
|
4
|
0
|
|
Pineapple
in juice
|
2
slices (80g)
|
51
|
0
|
|
Tabouli
|
Small serve
50g
Large serve 150g |
75
|
2
6 |
|
Meat
|
|
|
|
|
Chicken
|
Small
serve
|
|
7
|
|
Beef
|
Small
serve
|
|
9
|
|
Lamb
|
Small
serve
|
|
10
|
|
Condiments
|
Check the serving size for your
store.
|
||
|
Sour
cream
|
1 tbs
|
26
|
2
|
|
Sweet
Chilli Sauce
|
1 tbs
|
22
|
1
|
|
Hot
Chilli sauce
|
1 tbs
|
8
|
0
|
|
Hummus
|
1 tbs
|
23
|
1
|
|
BBQ
Sauce
|
1 tbs
|
23
|
1
|
|
Garlic
Sauce
|
1 tbs
|
404
|
3
|
|
Taramasalata
(fish-roe)
|
1 tbs
|
2
|
|
|
Baba
Ghannouj (eggplant)
|
1 tbs
|
1
|
|
Now that you have
gobbled up that tasty kebab would you like to know how to burn of the calories?
Weight Watchers suggests (For an 60kg women) burning off a standard 12pp
chicken kebab with:
·
70 minutes
of rowing or
·
70 minutes
of freestyle swimming or
·
70 minutes
of singles tennis
Now you're
equipped with the tools to make smart choices about kebabs! How do you enjoy
your kebab?
