WHAT: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Fish & Chips
STATS: One entree contains 310 calories and 14 fat, 2 fiber and 11 protein grams (8 PointsPlus on the Weight Watchers plan). We found it at Target, 420 S. University Ave., Little Rock. For complete nutritional information, visit eatyourbest.com.
THE SKINNY: It’s Lent, also known as Fast-food Fried Fish Sandwich Friday season.
Giving up meat, of course, doesn’t necessarily mean giving up calories. Burger King’s Premium Alaskan Fish Sandwich contains 530 calories. Lighter options are Mc-Donald’s Filet-O-Fish, which contains 390 calories, and Hardee’s newly advertised Charbroiled Atlantic Cod Fish Sandwich, which contains 380 calories and makes women who eat them look like Danish swimsuit models (or so the sexy commercial implies).
Is there a lighter but still convenient aquatic alternative (and, no, mayonnaisey tuna subs don’t qualify).
Weight Watchers Smart Ones has a frozen Fish & Chips entree of Alaskan white pollock fillet and seasoned crinkle-cut fried potatoes that crisps thanks to a special microwave tray. The result is tasty (it’s the rather hefty 600 milligrams of sodium), even if the 310-calorie portion might seem more Long John “Slivers” than Long John Silver’s.
Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email: jchristman@arkansasonline.com
ActiveStyle, Pages 25 on 03/10/2014