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?
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