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Simple Substitutions
You Can Have Your Cake and Diet Too

Eating healthy foods does not have to mean swearing off all of your favorites. There are plenty of ways to keep your waistline trim and heart in good shape while still enjoying the treats you love to eat. The recipes from Texas A&M even include a healthy for your heart ice cream!

The new thinking in healthy diets is that you can enhance your foods with healthier ingredients that still make great tasty foods. These simple substitutions will give you ideas for turning those high cholesterol and mega calorie dishes into enhanced delicious, nutritious and healthy meals.

Replacing ingredients with heart healthier alternatives allows you to reduce the total fat and saturated fat in your current recipes, as well as boost fiber. The next time you're cooking, try these heart healthy substitutions to remove the bad cholesterol and keep the good taste:

Recipe calls for:

Substitute instead:

Butter Soft, non-hydrogenated margarine
Whole milk Skim or 1% milk

Cream

2% evaporated milk

Eggs

2 egg whites for every whole egg

Sour cream

1% or fat-free sour cream

Mayonnaise

Light mayonnaise

Oil for sautéing

Water, broth or tomato juice

1 lb (500 g) ground beef

1/2 lb (250 g) extra lean ground beef
plus 14 oz (398 mL) can cooked lentils or beans

Cream cheese

Low-fat pressed cottage cheese

Chocolate chips or nuts

Raisins or dried fruit for half or all the chips and nuts


Source: - www.newscanada.com

Related Web Resources:

Mayo Clinic - Healthy Food Substitutions

Ohio State - Preparing Healthy Food: How To Modify A Recipe

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This information is intended as reference and not as medical advice.
All treatment decisions should be made by medical professionals.


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