18th December 2015
A little step may be the beginning of a great journey.
A week today ay, well I really need to get into the spirit
of Christmas! I've been so busy this
month, it just seems like any other week, so this weekend I think mom and I
will put some decorations up in the living room.
SO I've been fancying a Chinese for a few weeks now, I like
chicken chow mein and egg fried rice and of course if you already have your
hands on an eat out guide you know they're not in there, so I've gone back over
my old blogs when I've ProPointed these meals and I'm going to have a bash at
converting them to SmartPoints.
Now Asda do a Chicken Chow mein that's 14sp, Sainsbury's is
15sp and they both weigh around the 400g mark.
This is a portion of Chicken Chow Mein from my
local takeaway that I've blogged about previously, the portion was 550g, now that's a big portion.
It looked like this on the plate
200g of noodles are 9sp and they would fill the same tub
like this, so even if we erred on the side of caution and said there was 250g
is 11sp, 300g is 14sp. If you look at the same tub with plain noodles in,
you can see why I’d guesstimate that way!
A chicken breast is 2sp, a tablespoon of oil is 5sp, then there's the sauces they use soy and oyster so I'd guess
1sp as they'd be about a tablespoon in there.
So if I have a chow mein this weekend I'll be guestimating 11sp
for the noodles (250g), 2sp for the chicken (they don't put that much in do
they!), zero for the onions and beansprouts, 3sp for the oil (2tsps), and 1sp
for the sauces (there ain't more than a tablespoon in mine). So 17sp, I can live with that, I might round
it up to 20sp if it was all I was having and I'm going to be ordering one later
I think!
Now for the egg fried rice;
Oh my
days, that's a lot of rice, but it is the typical portion I'd get if I was to
buy round here. This is chicken fried
rice and it weighed 400g for one portion, the tray never looks that big you
know, white
rice 400g cooked is 17pp without it being fried! Supermarket versions of egg fried rice work
out at around 18sp, but their recommended serving sizes are 150g, so really
there's more than 2 portions in that tray!
You're
looking at 20sp in that tray easily.
I
think supermarket ready meals are going to be a good comparison for take away
meals, especially if you look at the 'taste the difference' posh ranges because
they will have richer ingredients in them.
So
that's my Friday night sorted, I will share it, I wonder if they do a smaller
option with half and half, I'll go and investigate, it's been a while since
I've been to Chinese takeaway.
See
ignorance isn't bliss, being Smart is the way forward, you can eat out and have
a Friday night takeaway and a little of what you fancy, it's just learning what
a portion SHOULD look like and realising these dishes can be shared ;)
Have a
fab Friday BeYOUtiful.
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