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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Simple Substitutions You Can Have Your Cake and Diet Too

Simple Substitutions
You Can Have Your Cake and Diet Too