Healthy Substitutions

Here's a recipe substitution guide that I picked up from a handout called Hearty Helpnings. It was distributed by KMOX Radio, Medicare-Glaser, and the Jewish Hospital. It has a list of Lower Fat recipes and this handy little guide. Hope that it helps with some of the recipes that we post. If a recipe calls for: Replace it with: . 1 cup butter 1 cup stick margarine with

Cup vegetable oil . 1 ounce baking chocolate 3 tablespoons cocoa powder plus

Commercial cholesterol-free egg

Teaspoon oil.) . 1 cup whole milk 1cup skim or 1/2%% milk (For

Oil or margarine.) . 1 cup sourcream 1 cup plain non-fat yogurt or 1

With 3 teaspoons lemon juice or

With 2/3 cup 1%% cottage cheese

Tablespoon flour.) . 1 cup lightcream 1 cup evaporated skim milk . 1 cup cream cheese 1 cup 1%% cottage cheese blended

Thought this might be helpful to those of you who would like to try some of the recipes, but need less fat. Let us know if you give these suggestions a try and how it turns out.