Healthy Recipe Ingredient Substitutions
Healthy recipe ingredient substitutions will help you cut fat and calories in your favorite dessert recipes. The next time you plan to bake, consider some of these healthy recipe ingredient substitutions.
Instead Of... | Use... |
milk, whole | fat-free or 1% milk |
eggs | 2 egg whites per egg or 1/2 c. egg substitute per egg |
sugar | Splenda Sugar Blend |
chocolate chips | dried fruit |
nuts | half required amount, toasted first |
white flour | whole wheat flour |
cream, heavy | equal parts half-and-half and fat-free evaporated milk |
cream, light | equal parts 1% milk and fat-free evaporated milk |
sour cream | light sour cream or fat-free plain yogurt |
butter | margarine |
fruit-flavored yogurt | fat-free plain yogurt mixed with fresh or frozen fruit |
whipping cream | fat-free whipped topping or evaporated skim milk (chilled) |
syrup | sugar-free syrup or sugar-free preserves or pureed fruit |
coconut | half amount required, toasted to enhance flavor |
traditional pie crust | graham cracker crust |
fruit canned in syrup | fruit canned in water or juices |
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