- Instead of using mayo, substitute low-fat cottage cheese or plain non-fat yogurt to make tuna salad.
Reaching for the BBQ or honey mustard sauce? Instead try experimenting with the spices in your cupboard! My favorites are Italian seasonings and ground pepper. In addition, adding a small pinch of salt to anything that you cook brings out flavors. Canned and packaged goods usually have a lot of sodium and do not need extra salt. Too much sodium in your diet can be detrimental to your health.
- Replace half the butter in cake, muffin and brownie recipes with an equal amount of
applesauce or mashed bananas. You'll save about 100 calories for every tablespoon you swap.
- Making meatballs? Mix half the amount of ground beef the recipe calls for with half as much cooked brown rice.
Reaching for the BBQ or honey mustard sauce? Instead try experimenting with the spices in your cupboard! My favorites are Italian seasonings and ground pepper. In addition, adding a small pinch of salt to anything that you cook brings out flavors. Canned and packaged goods usually have a lot of sodium and do not need extra salt. Too much sodium in your diet can be detrimental to your health.
