{"id":191211,"date":"2022-02-21T04:17:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/?p=191211"},"modified":"2022-02-21T04:18:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:18:42","slug":"healthy-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/2022\/02\/21\/healthy-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthier Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How to Turn Your Delicious Recipes into Healthy Recipes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know cooking at home is a healthier choice over choosing the drive-thru or dining out. However, it\u2019s important to remember that recipes are created simply for their texture and flavor, but don\u2019t always take health into consideration. To make it easier for you to cook more healthfully, here are a few tips that you can use on a variety of recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 For many recipes it\u2019s easy to simply reduce the amount of fat or oil used to make cooking easier. Non-stick cookware means you need little or no fat when cooking on the stovetop. Greasing baking dishes is often unnecessary as well, but you may have to experiment a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 For fats and oils used for baking cakes and muffins, you can often substitute them with apple puree. For cookies, aim to replace about \u00bd the oil with puree. You can even aim for a more healthful impact by using highly nutritious sweet potato puree as a fat and oil substitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 If a recipe calls for saturated fats like butter or even lard, replace it with vegetable or olive oil. Of course, this won\u2019t always work in recipes that call for creaming of butter. In those cases, you might try margarine or simply reduce the amount of butter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 In baking, you can usually replace 1 egg with 2 egg yolks for the same desired result, but with less cholesterol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Try replacing at least half the white flour in a recipe with whole wheat. Many recipes will work with a complete replacement, so experiment a little. Your health is at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Many sweet recipes are sweeter than they need to be. Don\u2019t be shy about reducing the sugars. Definitely do this where sweeteners are often added after cooking. For example, there is no reason pancake or waffle batter needs a lot of sugar when syrup, fruit and other sweet items are added afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 To salt or not to salt? In savory foods, salt is usually not necessary. For baked goods, while many may say otherwise, it\u2019s not always necessary either. One exception is baked goods using yeast. Salt slows down the rising process and produces better texture, so it is likely necessary, but you can try reducing the amount of salt used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Try lower fat dairy products in your recipes. Instead of heavy cream, use half and half. Instead of whole or 2% milk, try skim. The same goes for sour cream, yogurt and cheeses. Just make sure to read the label for quality ingredients as lower quality products tend to add undesirable ingredients and chemicals to make their low fat varieties more palatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, it\u2019s important to try things out. The more you rework recipes and learn from your successes and even the failures, the easier it becomes to modify recipes on the fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article from kitchenbloggers.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_daim_seo_power":"","_daim_enable_ail":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128000],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-57042.jpeg?fit=1300%2C1300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":204535,"url":"https:\/\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/2023\/06\/02\/almond-joy-delicious-recipes-with-almonds\/","url_meta":{"origin":191211,"position":0},"title":"Almond Joy: Delicious Recipes with Almonds!","author":"admin","date":"June 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Almond Joy: The Nutty Delights You Need in Your Life! 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