Lower the kilojoules in your favourite dishes without affecting the taste. Here’s how:

Use stronger cheese
Add smaller amounts of cheddar cheese or Stilton to recipes rather than more mild cheese.

Choose filo
Use this pastry for your pies, instead of its buttery cousins. Omit the pie bottom and add more lean meat or fruit filling.

Avoid the deep fry
Coat food in breadcrumbs, brush lightly with oil and bake in the oven instead.

Get rid of skin
Remove from a roast chicken and you’ll cut fat by half. Trim fat off other joints also.

Go for the grill
When making a fry-up, poach instead of frying eggs and grill lean back bacon instead of a streaky cut.