Fitness Coach Shares 'Fakeaway' Healthy Fast Food Recipes

An Australian fitness coach has become a social media sensation, after recreating iconic fast food at home, for a fraction of the calories.

Bec Hardgrave has created ‘fakeaway’ recipes for menu items hailing from Grill’d, Red Rooster, McDonalds, Domino’s, Boost Juice, Starbucks and KFC. And they have us salivating!

The qualified health and fitness coach has amassed a following of more than 70,000 followers on TikTok and almost 80,000 on Instagram with her healthy hacks for fast food favourites. Here’s a look at some of her most popular recipes:

Grill’d Fakeaway

Usually the popular Summer Sunset regular burger meal at Grill’d is more than 1200 calories, but Bec’s version, with ingredients from Woolworths, is just over 600 calories. And that includes chips!

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Bec also makes a fakeaway version of the Grill’d Sweet Chilli Chicken burger, which comes in at 435 calories. And she’s also mastered the famous (and delicious) Grill’d chips, using frozen chips cooked in an airfryer and a combination of herbs. They’re just 146 calories – YUM!

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McDonalds Fakeaway

Of course, Bec had to tackle the golden arches, recreating a McDonalds Big Mac burger using ingredients from ALDI. It comes in at 420 calories, with 30g of protein.

@bechardgrave Big Mac … Aldi Edition ???? #aldihack #mcdonalds #maccas #aussiethings #briochebuns #fyp #burger #hacks ♬ Shivers – Ed Sheeran

She also whipped up a Maccas Filet-O-Fish and a McChicken burger using ALDI ingredients.

Red Rooster Fakeaway

More recently Bec has taken on Red Rooster’s Flayva Wrap, making it for just under 500 calories using ALDI ingredients.

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Bec has also managed to hack McDonalds Tim Tam Hotcakes, the Boost Juice Mango Magic Smoothie, the KFC Twister and Betty’s Burgers.

Want some more healthy swaps for fast food faves? Head to these recipes next:

35 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 31 Jul 2024
    12:21 pm
I made burgers for dinner last night. So tasty and much cheaper then going to the shop

- - ChiWren said
  - 30 Jun 2024
    10:06 pm
Love a fakeaway recipe. Throwing random things together at home and I think found what makes Grill’d herb sauce so good, tarragon! Mix that into some aioli at home and you’re in heaven.

- - mom486197 said
  - 31 May 2024
    9:35 am
Wonderful to have some healthier options. Thanks for sharing.

- - tessie said
  - 22 Jul 2022
    1:34 pm
These will be very welcome in our household as takeaways are now almost non existent for us. Love the fact that they contain less calories than the original too.

- - mum1 said
  - 19 Jul 2022
    2:43 pm
Love this both for the health reasons and it’s easy on the hip pocket

- - Lovesthecuddles said
  - 16 Jul 2022
    6:27 pm
Yum it costs so much to eat out too.

- - rovermum said
  - 14 Jul 2022
    10:23 am
OMG, just brilliant. I’ve just started following her now.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 14 Jul 2022
    8:59 am
I rarely get takeaway and air fryer chips are still every bit as delicious!

- - mom101628 said
  - 30 Jun 2022
    12:48 am
It is so much easier and quicker to make burgers at home and give each person a nice hot one rather than have a soggy almost cold one home delivered with more calories to boot. And it is easier on the hip pocket too.

- - mom323673 said
  - 26 Feb 2022
    4:06 pm
When you understand where the calories come from its easy to change meals up.. oil is a big one that adds ALOT of calories to foods.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 10 Feb 2022
    2:41 am
Great food swaps here 🙂

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 02 Feb 2022
    8:36 pm
Sounds very nice…must remember to try it

- - smart_ass said
  - 31 Jan 2022
    2:56 pm
I bought the ‘Parsley, Dill & Tarragon sauce’ (after much hunting around for it in store!) but have yet to try this hack.

- - ashna9 said
  - 27 Jan 2022
    9:49 pm
I’m not sure why this is making this person so famous? People have been making home made rip offs of takeaway for years.
- mom101628 replied
  
  30 Jun 2022 , 12:42 am
  So true, Ashna.
- - tessie said
  - 20 Jan 2022
    11:35 am
What a great way to have your tasty takeaways for less money and less calories. Just brilliant

- - cassy26 said
  - 16 Jan 2022
    11:00 am
These are great. Diet is all about balance, and making healthier versions of your favourite take away meals is a great way to do that! Plus you save a lot of money which is a bonus!

- - Ellen said
  - 16 Jan 2022
    10:25 am
That’s great she know to turn around bad options into slightly healthier options !

- - mom336367 said
  - 14 Jan 2022
    6:45 pm
Wow I had no idea Woolworths had organic chips. Will be trying these for sure. I really like their macro range.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 14 Jan 2022
    7:29 am
Awesome ideas! However part of the pleasure of takeaway is not having to cook.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 13 Jan 2022
    10:04 pm
I always love looking at the ingredients list when people make low calorie version of things.
Interesting to see that it’s really all in the cooking like choosing to bake something instead of deep frying it etc.