13 Ways to Love Your Recipes

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.

Instead of whole eggs, try 2 egg whites or 1/4 cup egg substitute for each whole egg.

Evaporated skim milk can be substituted equally with regular evaporated milk.

Substitute fat-free or low-fat cream cheese or low-fat cottage cheese (pureed until smooth) for regular cream cheese.

Replace sour cream with fat-free plain yogurt or fat-free/low-fat sour cream.

Try plain yogurt as a substitute for mayonnaise.

Replace table salt with cumin, cayenne, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, lemon peel, nutmeg, onion powder, oregano, paprika, black pepper or rubbed sage.

Cut the amount of sugar by half.

Instead of canned fruit in heavy syrup, use fresh fruit or canned fruit in its own juices or water.

Use plain yogurt instead of fruit-flavored yogurt.

Substitute ½ cup of wheat flour for 1 cup of white flour.

Replace plain bread crumbs with oatmeal or bran cereal.

Use wheat bread or whole-grain bread instead of white bread.