August 29, 2006

Recipe News: Tips For Cutting Fat And Calories From Recipes

"Remove the skin on your meats when cleaning and preparing for cooking. Removing the skin from turkey or chicken saves about 50 calories and 6 grams of fat.
Use non-fat cooking spray such as Pam to coat the pan when baking foods instead of greasing with Crisco or butter. A three second spray of PAM 20 calories and less than 3 grams of fat versus 100 calories and 12 grams of fat for a tablespoon of butter.
Use fresh herbs to help add flavor to anything you are cooking. Garlic powder, basil, parsley, and oregano are some good basics to try.
The way you cook can be a good start: barbeque, stir-fry, microwave, steam, bake, poach, grill or broil your foods rather than frying.
Instead of using whole eggs choose egg whites or an egg substitute. A whole egg contains 75 calories, 5 g of fat, and 1 g of carbs. Egg substitutes are a better choice with 30 calories, no fat and 1 g of carbs per serving. Egg whites are the best bet with only 16 calories, no fat and no carbohydrates."

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