Donna
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|  Subject: 10 ways to cut calories  Thu 08 Feb 2007, 8:03 am | |
| 1.  Instead of using oil in your pans,try a little nonstick spray,wine water or juice.
2.Bake broil grill or poach and sautee your food instead of deep frying.
3.Reduce the amount of fat in your recipes such as,you can replace 1/2 the oil with applesauce or fruit puree and get equally moist muffins or cakes.
4.Instead of basting with butter,,try basting your turkey with chicken broth.
5.Try buying the leanest of meats,,also try ground turkey,but when you do,ask for turkey breast- ground turkey,,if not it will be white and dark meat and the skin which will be the same as ground beef nutritionally.
6.Try buying low fat in dairy,such as your milk ,yogurt,sour cream and cheese.Low fat evaporated milk will work great in creams and sauces pies and icecreams.
7.Chocolate,,,3 tablespoons of cocoa and 1 tablespoon of canola oil will substitute 1 ounce of chocolate when baking.
8.Eggs.Most calories and fat and cholestrol come from the yolk instead of the whites,when cooking you can substitute 2 egg whites instead of one whole egg.
9.Try using crunchy cereals instead of the high calories commercial bread crumbs.Such as corn flakes or granola cereals.
10.Make and take smaller servings,,such as cut a cake pie ,,dessert into 12 servings instead of 8,,some also use smaller plates. |
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Donna
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| | Subject: Re: 10 ways to cut calories Thu 08 Feb 2007, 8:10 am | |
| I for got to add the results of this that was also posted at the bottem of the 10 ways to cut calories,,this shows the difference as well.
Peach melba
Vanilla icecream,with canned peaches in syrup and strawberry syrup.................is a whopping 750 calories,35 grams of fat and 88 grams of sugar
Cutting calories way is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Light vanilla icecream,peaches in juice and sugar free strawberry syrup.............is 168 calories,4 grams of fat and 19 grams of sugar.
Such a difference! |
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Dancing Feather
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| | Subject: Re: 10 ways to cut calories Fri 09 Feb 2007, 6:13 pm | |
| | I love number 8. I bet using crunchy corn flakes would add great flavor too. |
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GentleRain
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| | Subject: Re: 10 ways to cut calories Sat 10 Feb 2007, 6:53 pm | |
| Thank you Donna for the great tips. I highly recommend #3. I always use applesauce for 1/2 the oil in my muffins and really enjoy the flavor!
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