13 Ways to Love Your Recipes
Use these ingredient substitutions to cut down on calories, fat, cholesterol and sodium in your favorite recipes but keep the flavor.
![Healthy oil](/getattachment/5cadeafb-bd18-449d-b17c-fcec90e670cf/1_butter2.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Butter, margarine, shortening or oil
Replace 1 cup of butter with ¾ cup of a healthy oil (avocado, canola, corn, olive or sunflower). Applesauce or prune puree can replace half of the butter or shortening in recipes for baked goods.
![Eggs](/getattachment/e760cdbb-a83d-4b8e-ba21-2cff855813a2/2_eggs.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Eggs
Instead of whole eggs, try 2 egg whites or 1/4 cup egg substitute for each whole egg.
![Evaporated milk](/getattachment/2c85316f-0c35-4afa-8b9f-0164b328ef39/3_Evaporated-Milk.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Evaporated milk
Evaporated skim milk can be substituted equally with regular evaporated milk.
![Bagel with cream cheese](/getattachment/31a5e259-23bb-4b9e-bad3-50b1c07a5be1/4_Cream-Cheese.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Cream cheese
Substitute fat-free or low-fat cream cheese or low-fat cottage cheese (pureed until smooth) for regular cream cheese.
![Tostada](/getattachment/1526aa97-aa3f-4bb2-9b21-fe00adfdcb45/5_Sour-Cream.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Sour cream
Replace sour cream with fat-free plain yogurt or fat-free/low-fat sour cream.
![Mayonnaise](/getattachment/07c14f1c-1042-498a-8ab9-42fe11756951/6_Mayonnaise.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Mayo
Try plain yogurt as a substitute for mayonnaise.
![Cooking with salt](/getattachment/c1e6b725-9d56-43ac-bced-b53d7ac8f490/7_Sodium.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Sodium
Replace table salt with cumin, cayenne, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, lemon peel, nutmeg, onion powder, oregano, paprika, black pepper or rubbed sage.
![Spoons of sugar](/getattachment/19502ba8-c37e-44d6-b17f-cad60ac9cebe/8_Sugar.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Sugar
Cut the amount of sugar by half.
![Bowl of fresh fruit](/getattachment/bc659ca6-722f-4798-87ba-f0146d5dfcd6/9_Canned-Fruit2.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Canned fruit
Instead of canned fruit in heavy syrup, use fresh fruit or canned fruit in its own juices or water.
![Plain yogurt](/getattachment/dac31a27-6379-4b74-9e0d-0688b8e3a86e/10_Yogurt.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Yogurt
Use plain yogurt instead of fruit-flavored yogurt.
![Making dough with flour](/getattachment/f4ab0660-9307-4b9d-af3f-7f2d1436322f/11_White-Flour.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
White flour
Substitute ½ cup of wheat flour for 1 cup of white flour.
![Stuffed bell peppers with bread crumbs](/getattachment/117c788e-a5ea-4241-a2da-5cb6fc975675/12_Bread-Crumbs.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
Bread crumbs
Replace plain bread crumbs with oatmeal or bran cereal.
![Whole-grain bread](/getattachment/e352c0d3-39c7-4417-b100-0520b4492085/12_White-Bread2.jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
White bread
Use wheat bread or whole-grain bread instead of white bread.