Deli foods are hot with American consumers for the sole reason that they give you tongue-pleasing comfort foods. However, these Deli foods from outside in satisfying taste buds can pack in a lot of calories, sodium and bad carbs, if the purchases are not monitored. An article lists out the healthiest deli foods for you. They are as follows:
1. Pitted Greek Olives Vs Stuffed Grape Leaves Vs Roasted Red Peppers: – The author blames stuffed grape leaves for the calories they pack in. However, they can be healthy at 27 calories. Depends on what they pack in the calories can rise up to 210 calories. Similar can be the case with pitted olives where the sodium content can be a bit too high sometimes. In such cases, the article claims that the best bet can be roasted peppers without oil.
2. Pesto Pasta Salad Vs Tuna Salad – Tuna with its Omega3 fatty acids sans mayonnaise can be promising in comparison to pesto salad with calorie-laden nuts, mayonnaise, oil and of course wheat pasta.
3. Potato knish Vs Sour Pickles – Though potato knish is served as an appetizer the mashed potato, ground meat, cheese can be calorific enough to start another course. However, if Potato Knish is prepared only with potatoes and with canola oil then it can be extremely light. However, if you compare knish to pickled cucumbers or red onions then you can judge, which one would add to your health.
4. Hummus Vs baba ganoush Vs caviar Vs pate – Hummus is rich in proteins and hence is better than eggplant or chicken and duck pate.
5. Broccoli and cheddar quiche Vs gourmet ham-and-cheese wrap Vs tomato, mozzarella and pesto sandwich – Tomato, mozzarella and pesto sandwich can be an indulgence with both pesto and mozzarella and can have as much as 638 calories for a single serving. Broccoli and cheddar quiche can be quite harmless with three eggs and half cup cheddar in it. Gourmet ham-and-cheese wrap amazes me always with the amount of fat in steak plus the calories in cheese.
6. Pastrami Vs roast beef Vs corned beef – 3 Oz of cooked corned beef can be around 210 calories, which is much better if roasted and eaten at 60. However Pastrami should be a complete no-no with 2500 calories.
7. Salami Vs bologna Vs prosciutto Vs dry sweet Italian sausage – Prosciutto is tasty and low in calories with 50. Bologna can go up to 2500 and salami stays much similar to bologna at 2000-2500 calories.
8. Roasted potatoes Vs black bean salad Vs fruit salad – Do you need a calorie card for the healthiest fruit salad? A black bean salad and roasted potatoes can be equally good if you mind the oil and dressings in it.
