Hi, I am trying hard to use these more and more and wondered if it worth swapping recipes here.
Not low calorie exactly as they do still have sugar etc but ones that cut down on fat in general, whatever type of fat it is.
Eg substituting apple sauce in muffin recipes .
I have quite a good few and will post if anyone interested and I would love to expand mine.
XX Jeannine
Jeannine, I'm always looking out for recipes that cut the fat so to speak. My OH is veggie, and we do lots of stir fries and curries. I find I can usually halve the recommended oil used, by adding water later on in the cooking process. Other than that I look to bake things as opossed to frying.
As I say I'm always on the look out for new and yummy dishes :)
Do you have a good apple muffin recipe Jeannine?
There used to be a prune puree that you could replace the fat in cakes with. I used it in fruit cakes & it worked. I must look for it next time I go to Booths. I don't have dairy & I use a product called Karo coconut milk. It's low fat, cholesterol free, low on calories & has calcium. It makes a nice custard & I use it in curries instead of the canned coconut milk. I also enjoy it in my one cup of weak coffee a day. I think I am correct in saying that coconut products are healthy.
I have a lower fat and lower sugar recipe for fruit muffins on my web site. It cuts out saturated or hydrogenated fats, and increases the amount of fruit(blueberries, blackcurrants, jostaberries, grapes, gooseberries, apples, pears etc that you have to hand) to maintain the moisture and "mouth feel" of the muffin. I use it all the time.
Go to http://www.growyourown.info/page149aa.html
PS, I do not think that the prune fat substitute is available now.
When starting stews, soups and sauces, instread of softening the initial onions/garlic/carrots/celery in oil, I use some dry sherry or dry martini. You have to cook them really slowly but it works a treat and gives a good background flavour. You then proceed with adding other vegetables and meat or fish in the usual way.
When doing roast veg such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, Mediterranean veggies (oven ratatouille), pumpkins etc I cut them up, add s&P, herbs or spices and one tbs of vigin olive oil then stir well. Bake at 200C and they taste fab with lots of caramelisation but low fat.
I always grill bacon or chops as this crisps up the fat nicely giving good flavour but, at the same time, a large amount of fat drips off into the tins and doesn't end up on my hips.
I've read recently that eating two apples a day helps fill you up, provides loads of fibre, vitamins and minerals and really helps with weight loss, cholestrol, bone desnity, cancer, reducing asthma in children and many other benefits so I'm about to start doing that instead of reaching for a piece of chocolate or cheese when I have a snack attack.