Clapham Pizza – the Healthy Option
If you drew up a list of health foods would pizza be on it? Well, according to scientific research, the Italian dish has emerged as a healthy dietary option with further news that it could help play a part in preventing some types of cancer. Of course we’re not talking about the fully loaded fat-laden cheese fest you get from the large high-street restaurants. The healthy choice is to be found at the more discerning eateries such as Clapham pizza restaurant ‘ECO’.
The food facts
Let’s take a look at some of the facts. On average, a large slice of pizza from the big chain restaurants contains around 300 calories (a meat lovers’ slice can push 480!). Now consider that you get about eight slices and the calorie count hits four figures. Ever ordered a takeaway and found it slopping around in the cardboard box? That’ll be the high levels of fat. Ever felt incredibly thirsty after devouring a takeaway pizza? That’ll be the high levels of salt. So, you can easily eat most of your daily calories in one sitting and fall the wrong side of your daily salt intake. Not good for health.
The big culprits are cheese, the oils used for cooking, meat toppings (particularly pepperoni which is 80% fat) and the dough base. While the dough contains carbohydrates, which play a role in digestion, it’s typically made with unhealthy high gluten flour and the carbs from the bread and crust turn into sugar and eventually into fat.
Hopefully you’re starting to realise how too much of bad thing is…well, bad. But there’s no need to deny yourself one of life’s pleasures, you just need to “takeaway” a different approach. And as one of the great Clapham takeaways, ‘ECO’ ticks all the right boxes.
Cooking Up a New Kitchen
Arriving at the decision to do a little reorganisation, redecoration or remodelling of your kitchen can sometimes seem like you are cooking up a storm of problems. If you’ve ever felt too overwhelmed to try an overhaul of the kitchen, this approach to the challenge might help.
Rather than contemplating the kitchen as one big project, break it down into small, manageable and practical mini-projects. Trying to do everything at once is a sure-fire way to get you hot under the collar without being anywhere near an oven.
To begin with, have a plan. Focus on what you want to achieve with certain aspects of the kitchen by answering a few basic questions.
Eating Out at a Clapham Restaurant
London is such a diverse city and there are few areas of the capital that represent this better than Clapham. The diversity is evident in the culinary specialities you’ll find at the many Clapham restaurants around the Common and High Street. There is something to cater for every taste and budget with a plethora of eateries such as family friendly restaurants, luxury dining, child-orientated menus, tiny cafés or welcoming bistros offering somewhere to have a relaxed Saturday afternoon lunch with friends.
Dining out in Clapham
Clapham is a district of South London in the borough of Lambeth and most well known for vast 220 acre open space of Clapham Common. The highly cosmopolitan mix of local residents include creative types, academics, city bankers and university students. The historic old town has a village-like atmosphere and the vibrant high street is home to some of the best restaurants in the city.