A Healthy Way To Cook Low Fat Recipes

October 2nd, 2009 by Fiona Wyresdle

by Fiona Wyresdle

Low fat cooking is a great way to change your life to becoming a healthier you. The first to step to switching to low fat cooking is making sure you have low fat food products to cook with. There are some great low fat recipes that should be used. Low fat food should not be bland and your low fat cooking should use plenty of herbs, seasonings and spices.

Some excellent food s that are great low fat substitutes include applesauce, pretzels, maple syrup, seeds, whole grain breads, spices, soups, grains, vegetables, canned fish, oils, fruits, legumes, pasta, stocks, herbs, seasonings, dried fruits, nuts, honey, popcorn, and sugar free/fat free pudding. You can make the same recipes as before but with low fat products and you family will come to love this new style of cooking.

Some of the items that should be eliminated from your kitchen include oil based dressings, regular mayonnaise, shortening, oil packed fish and tuna, canned meats, chowders and creamed soups, boxed macaroni and cheese, rice mixes, flavored pasta, gravy mixes, pancake mixes, cheese sauces, sugary cereals, anything that contains partially hydrogenated, corn chips, potato chips, coffee creamer and white bread.

However fat can also be present in other food products that you may normally think of as healthy. For these types of products there are low fat equivalents that can still be used. If you drink whole milk then you should switch to a lower fat milk. You should aim for 1% or skim milk being the best. You also should chose low fat or light diary products such as cheese and yogurt.

Butter and margarine are completely fat and margarine contains trans fat which you want to stay away from. You do not need to complete stop eating butter but you should try to switch to using a liquid spread or spray as these are lower in fat and do not contain any trans fat.

Eggs also are good for you but the yolks can be very fattening. You should try to use egg whites or egg substitutes instead of whole eggs. Try to use whole eggs sparingly.

You can still have meats but you should try to purchase lean cuts instead. Also when eating meat you need to look out for the sodium content as canned meats can be very salty. There are alternatives to your favorite hotdogs and bee burgers. Instead try turkey dogs and veggie burgers. An excellent lean cut of meat is pork tenderloin and skinless chicken is also a good choice.

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