Comfort food without the calories

Comfort you can eat
The fact that our bodies seem to crave different types of food in the winter is not necessarily a bad thing, and it's still possible to eat the stodgy comfort foods that we want without gaining weight. Foods like porridge, jacket potatoes and soups and casseroles made from beans or lentils are naturally high in complex carbohydrates, which provide slow-release energy in the body. You can also make winter foods healthier by choosing lean cuts of meat or using poultry, adding more vegetables and using less fat, (for example, not adding butter to mashed potato).

Making these small changes and substitutions will make all the difference and allow you to enjoy comfort food all winter without gaining that extra layer.