Italian Food

Choose more often:

• Bread sticks or plain crusty bread
• Mixed or tomato salads with limited dressing, tomato based sauces
• Dishes including lots of vegetables
• Risotto, gnocchi, tortellini filled with spinach/ ricotta
• Thin based pizza with vegetable, spinach, ham, tuna, prawn topping. Share a pizza with a friend
• Pasta with tomato or seafood based sauces e.g. arrabiata, neopolitan, piccata
• Only a sprinkling of parmesan
• Cannelloni - spinach replaces some of meat

Avoid in general:

• Garlic bread, especially cheese topped
• Oil brushed breads
• Creamy/buttery/cheesy/meat sauces e.g. in lasagne, carbonara, alfredo, bolognese
• Sausage pepperoni and other fatty meats on pizza & in pasta dishes
• Extra added cheese
• Tiramisu