Mussels
When a meal takes a while to eat, it feels more substantial. Enjoy fiddling with your mussels for just 118 calories.
Crispy melts
These thin crackers from Good Guys Bakehouse have a subtle cheddar flavour, and weigh in at just 5 calories per cracker.
Chicken noodle soup
Diet chicken noodle soup isn’t one for food purists: it’s got more E numbers than noodles, but at 39 calories, it’s worth it.
Nando’s chicken
For times when you really don’t feel up to cooking, treat yourself to a meal at Nando’s for 350 calories.
Mooli
Mooli is a large white radish, sold in markets and many greengrocers. And it’s a dieter’s dream at just one single calorie per 8g.
Biltong
You wouldn’t think of dried beef as being particularly low in calories, but biltong packs a lot of protein into a surprisingly small space.
Pastrami open sandwich
A great light lunch, easy to make and low on calories – just 60 calories per open sandwich.
Microwaved scrambled egg
Who has time to scramble an egg in the morning? The microwave egg boiler produces perfect a scrambled egg in 30 seconds.
McDonalds hamburger
For when you really can’t resist… a single McDonalds burger weighs in at just 251 calories, or so their website claims.