Healthy Winter Comfort Foods & Our Eat Well Guide On Campus

During this time of year when it's oh so cold outside we all crave comfort foods, however your classic winter comforts are often not the healthiest so today we are going to give you some ideas of healthier comfort foods for those days at home tucked up away from the cold!

Baked Macaroni & Cheese- This classic can be made much healthier by opting for low fat cottage cheese, wholewheat pasta and adding some vegetables into the mix

Soup- Soup is a winter staple which can be super healthy- there are so many options our there- carrot & ginger, vegetable broth, potato and leek etc! Just make sure not to add cream to your soup to keep it healthy!

Porridge- A healthy, filling and warm breakfast perfect for cold mornings. Keep this extra healthy by choosing honey over golden syrup and adding fruits for extra sweetness if that is what you crave, you could also add chia seeds for texture

Fruit Crumble- Deserts can be healthy too! Use porridge oats for the crumble rather than flour and instead of custard why not try some fat free greek yoghurt? You can still have your cake (in this case crumble) and eat it!

Shepherds Pie- This classic comfort food can be made vegetarian or even vegan! Just replace the meat for vegetables, beans and pulses, use sweet potato for a healthier and flavor packed kick!

Remember you can still eat all of those winter foods you crave its all about balancing our food and making simple alternative choices- replace beef for turkey, cut back on sugar with honey and sweeteners, use sweet potato rather than regular, wholegrain or wholewheat when having carbs, whenever possible put in vegetables, cottage cheese and low fat yoghurts over cream.

Now when your at uni you may be thinking how can I know what is and isn't healthy? Sometimes it can be hard to know from just looking at a dish. Well no need to worry as here at RGU all of our outlet will have eat well stickers on our menus to indicate if a dish is healthy it may say "eat well", "vegetarian"", "vegan" etc or how the dish has been cooked e.g baked as opposed to fried.

We hope these dishes gave you some inspiration and that your all now aware of how to look out for our healthier options on campus!