Ask Food:

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Food Network KitchensQ: While I’m trying to lose weight, I would like to know which foods are low in calories. Can you help?

A: Sure. Here are some foods that have just (approximately) 100 calories:

  

  • Baked potato — one small (13/4 inches to 21/2 inches in diameter
  • Low-fat cheddar cheese — Two (1-ounce) cubes
  • Sardines — Four canned in oil and drained
  • Dried figs — Five
  • Broccoli spears — Nine
  • Brussels sprouts: — 12 raw
  • Shrimp (steamed or boiled) — 13 large
  • Dry-roasted cashew halves —15 pieces
  • Celery — 16 ribs
  • Sun-dried tomatoes — 20
  • Pretzels —21 unsalted minis
  • Baby carrots — 28
  • Asparagus spears — 31
  • Seedless grapes — 33
  • Whole-grain penne (dry) — 34 pieces
  • Seedless raisins — 50
  • Raspberries — 100
  • Radishes —100