Healthy Cooking - Calorie Saving Cooking & Baking Tips To Lose Weight

Do you think that healthy and nutritious foods have to taste bland and flavorless? Do you feel deprived because your favorite recipes are off limits? Making meals count is important. Making meals taste good is important, too. Meals should be satisfying, good tasting, pleasing to the eye, and nutritious. Otherwise, you WILL feel deprived. The good news? It is easy to modify some of your favorite recipes by using the sensational substitutions listed below. You don't have to eat a sparse and boring "diet meal" any longer!

Healthy Cooking Substitutions

Instead of:	Try this:
1 cup cream	1 cup evaporated milk
cream to thicken soups	pureed potatoes or vegetables
oil-based marinades	citrus juice or flavored vinegar
stick margarine	small amounts of olive oil, canola oil
2 ounces. Mild cheddar cheese	1 ounce reduced-fat sharp cheddar
white rice	brown rice, bulgur, kasha, quinoa,whole wheat couscous
meat or poultry for stir fry	tofu (extra-firm, cubed) or more vegetables
ground beef	ground turkey breast, finely chopped vegetables with less meat, crumbled tofu, tempeh, soy crumbles, beans
sugar as a sweetener	1 tsp. Honey

Healthy Baking Substitutions

Instead of:	Try this:
½ cup oil, butter or margarine	1 cup evaporated milk
1 egg	2 egg whites
sweetened condensed milk	fat-free sweetened condensed milk
evaporated milk	evaporated skim milk
1 cup chocolate chips	½ cup mini chocolate chips, chopped dried fruit, or chopped nuts
frosting	sliced fresh fruit with a dusting of powdered sugar
sour cream	nonfat sour cream, low-fat sour cream, pureed cottage cheese
whole milk	skim milk
cream cheese	low-fat cream cheese
sugar	artificial sweetener for some or all (follow manufacturer's directions); ¼ to ½ less sugar in the recipe

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