How to make your own TAKEAWAYS

You’ll cut calories – and they’re tastier too!

AUTHORS OF PINCH OF NOM AND ITS SEQUEL — PINCH OF NOM EVERYDAY LIGHT

EVERYONE enjoys a takeaway — it’s a chance to explore different culinary flavours, but you’d rarely think of them as a healthy option.

As a classically trained chef, Kate has always looked at recipes and then worked out how to improve or recreate them. Together, we’ve transformed some of our favourite dishes into healthy indulgences — that includes turning high-calorie takeaways into ‘fakeaways’ that are even tastier than their calorific counterparts.

Switching out a few key ingredients has a massive impact on the calorie, fat or sugar content of food.

To make our recipes healthier, we simply make small ingredient swaps and add flavour with low-calorie ingredients such as spices or stock cubes, rather than relying on fatty ingredients such as cheese and butter.

People are often under the illusion that eating healthier means having a smoothie and a salad every day. We try to give people more options so they don’t feel they’re missing out, which can be so demotivating.

We started our Pinch of Nom recipe website in 2016 as somewhere to offer inspiration to slimmers wanting to lose weight without feeling deprived.

Since then, Pinch of Nom has grown into a community of 1.5 million users. having asked them what recipes they want to see, we set about creating healthier versions.

Our dishes look exactly like the photos, and all of the recipes in our new book, Pinch Of Nom Everyday Light, come in at under 400 calories.

Today, we’re sharing some of our favourite ‘fakeaway’ recipes with you . . .