Food Swaps.

Monkeymin

What food swaps have you found yourself making? I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread as something you have swapped could give someone else ideas on what they can swap.

I swapped :

Spreadable Butter for Olive Light Spread
Semi Skimmed Milk for Skimmed.
Hot Chocolate for Highlights ( good for when I need a sweet fix) Only 40 calories also helps keep fluids up.
Mature chedder for Morrisons 30% less range of cheese
Thick sliced bread for Medium ( would go for thin but have you ever tried buttering a slice of thin)
Ceaser Dressing for a low fat vingerette

Would be great to read others swaps.

Avalonis

I swapped:

Fast food with lean steak or chicken
Candy for non-fat yogurt
Video Games with workouts
Butter with... plain
Bread with oat bran/oatmeal
Breading my pan steak and frying it in oil with broiled or grilled steak and veggies

JenFerguson1

Tofu shiratake noodles for pasta
josephs flax wheat pitas for bread
fiber one bran cereal (ground up) for bread crumbs
dannon all natural plain fat free yogurt for regular yogurt
the laughing cow light cheese wedges for regular cheese
canned crushed tomatoes for spaghetti sauce
special k cracker chips for regular chips
freeze dried fruit for dried fruit
kraft fat free mayo for regular


pretty much anything possible I can get in fat free or sugar free, I do. I will not eat anything with full fat unless its healthy fat:)

helenmelon29

I havent really swapped much (just tried not to eat as much of it).

Main swap - coffee/tea/diet coke for water.

I will kept my eye on this in case any ideas for me.x

pjrisher

Great post!

I've swapped sugary cereals and frozen waffles for oatmeal.

bmw4deb

Good topic.

Things i have swapped ground beef for ground turkey
cheese for Laughing cow spread
mashed pot for mashed cauliflower
milk for almond milk
bread for pita's or sandwich thins
chips for special k cracker chips
sugar for splinda
hamburgers for veggie burgers
peanut butter for pb2
eggs for egg whites
salt for ms dash

Wow this list could go on and on!

Monkeymin

Thanks, It's really helpful to read other peoples swaps, It gives me ideas on what else I can swap.

osucristina

regular tortilla chips: guiltless gourmet baked tortilla chips
farm fresh butter:earth balance vegan butter
skim milk: almond milk (i've been reading that most people have an aversion to milk, but don't even know it!)
ww tortillas:sprouted grain tortillas
store bought beef: farmers market beef

Those are the main ones! If I could, I'd get raw milk cheese, but you can't sell raw dairy here

Sueboo31

I switched from:

peanut butter to almond butter
1% milk to unsweetened almond milk
chips and dip to carrots and hummus
ice cream to skinny cow bars

If I crave sweets or candy I make chocolate covered strawberries as a special treat every once in a while. Makes me feel better to incorporate the chocolate with fruit…lol.

getfitdiva

Swapped -> Mayo for Wholly guacamole (on morning star/boca burgers/BLTs/turkey sandwiches)
Swapped -> Juice for water w/ MiO (berry pomegranate is my fav so far)
Swapped -> Honey Wheat bread for 100% Whole Wheat sandwich thins
Swapped -> Skim for almond milk in my protein shakes
Swapped -> Salt for Mrs. Dash
Swapped -> Tostitos for Garden of Eatin' blue chips

Avalonis

Ugha, so many people switching milk with almond milk.

I tried it, but I just cant stomach it. It just tastes.... wrong. Anyone else having problems getting it down?

bmw4deb

Ugha, so many people switching milk with almond milk.

I tried it, but I just cant stomach it. It just tastes.... wrong. Anyone else having problems getting it down?

At first it had an odd flavor to me, putting it on my special k in the mornings
is really good, when it is ice cold I now prefer it over milk
(former gallon a day milk drinker here)

Lovelystrumpet

I stopped putting milk in tea and coffee
Butter for flora light or olive oild spread
Oil for 1cal cooking spray
Bread for Ryvitas (mostly)
Rice for cous cous
Pasta for lentils
Ice cream for low fat yoghurt
Crisps for dried fruit
and I limited chocolate to a one a week bitesized amount.

Now I'm doing this, I don't feel I'm missing out at all and actually prefer the substitutions to the originals.