The supermarket 'fakeaway' recipes that could HALVE the calories in your favourite weekend family dinners

EXCLUSIVE The supermarket 'fakeaway' recipes that could HALVE the calories in your favourite weekend family dinners READ MORE: The vegan UPFs diet experts say you SHOULD eat ...

and avoid By Rebecca Whittaker For Mailonline Published: 09:54 EDT, 6 July 2024 | Updated: 10:03 EDT, 6 July 2024 e-mail View comments It's no surprise that takeaways like fish and chips, pizzas and burgers cause you to pile on the pounds. But cooking the same meal at home could save you hundred's of calories. Making your own fish and chips could save you more than 500 calories and making your own kebab more than 700 calories.

Whipping up burgers at home could also help you cut 380 calories. For context, the average woman is advised to have 2,000 per day to maintain a healthy weight and a third of the 2,500 recommended for the typical man, so these saving could really make a difference. Here, MailOnline compares the calories in 'fakeaway' recipes online to the same foods in restaurants and takeaways.

Making your own fish and chips could save you more than 500 calories and making your own kebab more than 700 calories. Whipping up burgers at home could also help you cut 380 calories Almost all the 20 recipes this website compared showed making your own version of takeaway food at home is far less calorific, with some takeaways double the calories of a 'fakeaway'. A recipe on the Tesco website for an Ale-battered fish and chunky chips totals 778 calories per serving.

The white fish battered in cornflower.