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