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Healthy Recipe Substitutions

Would you like to cook up some traditional or old family recipes but hesitate to do so because of their high fat or saturated fat content? Try some of these substitutions. Your dishes will be healthier and still taste good.

1 Tbl butter

1 Tbl olive oil

1 Tbl canola oil

1 oz hard cheese

1 oz low-fat cheese

1 oz soy or rice cheese

2 Tbl grated Parmesan

1 whole egg

2 egg whites

1-1/2 tsp EnerG Egg Replacer

1/4 cup liquid egg substitute

1 cup whole milk

1 cup 1% or 2% milk

1 cup skim milk

1 cup unsweetened soy milk

1 cup sour cream

1 cup plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt

1 cup pureed low-fat cottage cheese

1 cup plain soy yogurt

Tofutti Sour Supreme

Soymage low-fat sour cream alternative

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup low-fat mayonnaise

1 cup plain non-fat or low-fat yogurt

1 cup Vegenaise

1/2 cup non-fat yogurt and 1/2 cup reduced fat mayonnaise

1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese

1 cup part-skim ricotta

1 cup cottage cheese § 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup half and half

1 cup evaporated whole milk

1 cup evaporated skim milk

1 oz cream cheese

1 oz reduced-fat cream cheese

1 oz SoyaKaas soy cream cheese

Organic neufchatel cheese

Tofu cream chie

1 cup ice cream

1 cup low-fat ice cream

1 cup frozen yogurt

1 cup sorbet

1 cup Sweet Nothings

1 cup soy ice cream