Mayo and pickle juice ... share your food tricks :-)
Runagain_4
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I don't usually eat mayo, but when I do - let's say for a tuna salad sandwich, I've started mixing in a Tbsp of dill pickle juice (I just save the juice once we're done with the pickles) with a Tbsp of Hellmann's. It doubles the portion of creaminess and gives my sandwich a little more kick for zero calories.
Does anyone have any tricks they can share on getting more flavour or more quantity for very little added calories?
Does anyone have any tricks they can share on getting more flavour or more quantity for very little added calories?
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I add low fat cottage cheese to tuna and use less mayo. I add broccoli slaw to fried rice to bulk it up and add more veggies.0
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I blend Greek yogurt (plain) with 1/2 the suggested amount of mayo flavor it with spices appropriate to the recipe...Makes a nice low(er) calorie dressing0
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I like all these ideas. For muffins and quick breads I replace the 1/3 cup oil with 1/4 cup apple sauce and a tablespoon of oil.0
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when I'm baking cheesecakes for special occasions I take out about 1/3 of the cream cheese and replace with the same amount of rinsed/drained/pureed cottage cheese and then add a little extra fruit on top to compensate for the saltiness cottage cheese brings (you MUST rinse and drain though- cottage cheese is packed with salt)0
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I'm trying all these ideas. Flatlandrunning, I never realised there's that much salt in cottage cheese. Will be rinsing and draining from now on. Also, just remembered that I used to mix cottage cheese with low-cal Italian dressing when I wanted a creamier salad dressing ... haven't done that in a while. These days I mostly have balsamic reduction and olive oil with my salads, but sometimes a change is nice. Thanks everyone!0
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