Body
Can you spot the difference between these two meals?
We all know eating healthily isn’t as easy as it looks – and Australian dietician Paula Norris has proof of that in a new Instagram photo.
She posted a photo of two very similar looking meals asking her followers to “spot the difference” between them.
She shows that by adding or removing just a few ingredients from our plates can make a big different when it comes to the calorie value of the dishes.
Paula explains calorie heavy dressings, too many grains and not enough vegetables can result in a salad with “calories closer to that of a risotto”.
In her example above, Paula breaks down the ingredients in to seemingly similar dishes.
On the left:
- 1 cup cooked pearl barley
- 70g haloumi
- 1/3 zucchini
- 2 florets broccoli
- 1/4 capsicum
- 50g eggplant
- 3 cherry tomatoes
- 200g poached chicken
- 1/2 cup herbs
- Dressing of 2tsp olive oil and 2tsp balsamic vinegar
On the right
- 1/2 cup cooked pearl barley
- 35g haloumi
- 2/3 zucchini
- 5 florets broccoli
- 1/2 capsicum
- 100g eggplant
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 100g poached chicken
- 1/2 cup herbs
- Dressing of 2 tsp balsamic vinegar and 2tsp seeded mustard