Take The Fat Out of Your Cooking

published by Molly Girl 822 on Apr 11, 2012

It is easy to follow some new cooking habits to reduce the fat in your diet.

I Can’t Believe Its Not Butter can be used in baking, frying, and as a topping.  Use it in recipes that have butter as an ingredient.  Put it on baked potatoes, popcorn, and toast. It has 0 calories and it is fat-free for Heaven’s sake!  I Can’t Believe Its Not Butter comes in a spray bottle, but just remove the sprayer, and you can pour the contents on whatever you like.

  • You can saute vegetables with water instead of oil.  To prevent sticking, stir during the cooking process.
  • Skim milk is great to use for making mashed potatoes.
  • Wine, fruit juice, broth, and vegetable broth can be used for basting instead of those fatty drippings.
  • Always use non-stick frying pans.
  • Use sugar-free jams instead of butter on muffins and toast.   Smucker’s has wide variety of jams from which to choose.  You can make your own spread by pureeing f ruits.
  • Use nonfat yogurt to make sauces and dressings instead of sour cream.
  • Chicken breasts taste great when wrapped in foil with your favorite herbs.  Add a little wine too before you wrap the chicken.
  • Poultry and meat should have all visible fat removed before cooking.
  • Place roasts, turkeys, pork chops, and chicken on an elevated rack while cooking.  That nasty fat will drip into the pan under the rack.
  • High temperatures seal in fat.  Cook meats at lower temperatures (340-350 degrees).
  • Vegetable sprays are great for stir-frying.  Butter-flavored sprays are available too.
  • If you are making gravy, just chill the drippings in the refrigerator and the fat rise to the top.  Just scrape it off and you will a healthy gravy instead of the fatty one.
  • Forget about breading or flouring meat.  The flour seals in the fat.
  • If you must use oil, make sure it is extra virgin or virgin olive oil.  Don’t use the “pure” stuff.

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