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Tips to decrease the total fat and lower calories
February 17th, 2009 | 
Author: If you plan to decreasing fat in your body and make sure to lower calories, try this tips :
Instead of this : try using this :
| Shortening, butter, margarine, or solid fat. | Use ¼ less liquid oil or solid fat called for in the recipe. If recipe calls for 1 cup use ¾ cup. If recipe uses ¼ cup shortening, use 3 Tablespoons oil. Use equal amounts of oil for melted shortening, margarine or butter. |
| Shortening, butter, or oil in baking | Use applesauce or prune puree for half of the butter, shortening or oil. May need to reduce baking time by 25%. |
| Instead of whole milk, half and half or evaporated milk | Use skim milk, Skim PlusTM, 1% milk, evaporated skim milk, fat-free half and half , or plain soymilk with calcium. |
| Butter, shortening, margarine, or oil to prevent sticking. Fat to sauté or stir-fry. | When frying foods use cooking spray, water, broth or nonstick pans. |
| Full-fat cream cheese | Use low-fat or nonfat cream cheese, Neufchatel or low-fat cottage cheese pureed until smooth. |
| Full-fat sour cream
Full-fat cottage cheese Full-fat Ricotta cheese |
Use nonfat or reduced fat sour cream or fat-free plain yogurt. (Yogurt is not heat stable.) Use 2% or fat-free cottage cheese. Use part-skim ricotta. |
| Cream
Whipping cream |
Use evaporated skim milk
Use nonfat whipped topping or cream (This is only nonfat if one serving size is used.) |
| Eggs | Use egg whites (usually 2 egg whites for every egg ) or ¼ cup egg substitute. |
| Whole fat cheese | Use reduced fat cheese, but add it at the end of the baking time or use part skim mozzarella. |
| Frying in fat | Use cooking methods such as bake, boil, broil, grill, poach, roast, stir-fry, or microwave. |
| Regular mayonnaise or salad dressing | Use low fat, reduced or nonfat mayonnaise or salad dressing. |
| Canned fish | Use water-packed canned products or canned products packed in ‘lite’ syrup. |
| Fatter cuts of meat-skin on | Leaner cuts of meat or ground meat, remove skin before cooking. |
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