Tips About How You Make Healthier Meals
This is tips on how to make food healthier, beginning with choosing foods low in saturated fat, low in sodium and low in calories:
Try non-fat (skimmed) milk or Lowfat (1%) milk.
Only buy cheeses marked “low fat” or “fat” on the packaging.
Choose to eat fruits and vegetables without butter or sauce.
Serve rice, beans, cereals, pasta, whole grains (eg, couscous, barley, Bulgarian, etc.)
Choose lean meat, fish and skinless chicken and turkey.
If available, buy low-or reduced-sodium or no-salt-added versions of foods.
Use this recipe substitutions:
Use two egg whites for each whole egg and margarine or oil instead of butter
Use light mayonnaise instead of the regular variety
Use nonfat yogurt instead of sour cream
Use Lowfat cheese instead of regular cheese
Use 1 percent or skimmed milk instead of whole milk
Use fresh poultry, fish and lean meat rather than canned or processed types
Try these meal tips:
Make a meatloaf with lean turkey.
Make tacos with skinless chicken breast.
Cool soups and gravies and skim off fat before they warm up.
Try adding salsa on a baked potato instead of butter.
Make a spicy baked fish – season with green pepper, onion, garlic, oregano, lemon and coriander.
Eat fruit for dessert instead of pie or cake.