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Jessicalg1981
Jessicalg1981 Posts: 51 Member
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What are your favorite substitutions for things to cut calories/carbs/fat etc? I know people use greek yogurt in place of sour cream a lot, and I've recently tried mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. What are some of your fav substitutes?
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  • loubylou1969
    loubylou1969 Posts: 57 Member
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    Butternut squash cut into wedges sprayed with 1 cal oil, sprinkle with chilli flakes put into a hot oven.

    Replaces wedges or oven chips and tasty!
  • Jessicalg1981
    Jessicalg1981 Posts: 51 Member
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  • Eskimopie
    Eskimopie Posts: 235 Member
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    What are your favorite substitutions for things to cut calories/carbs/fat etc? I know people use greek yogurt in place of sour cream a lot, and I've recently tried mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. What are some of your fav substitutes?

    another sub i do is greek yogurt for cream cheese! sprinkle with a touch of salt and pepper and it tastes really good to me.
  • Jessicalg1981
    Jessicalg1981 Posts: 51 Member
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    good ideas! You spread the yogurt on a bagel or toast? I never would have thought of that.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
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    Greek yoghurt for pretty much anything creamy- cream, salad dressing, mayo etc
    EVOO or coconut oil in place of butter
    Applesauce or peanut butter in place of oil in baking
    Stevia or agave for sugar
    Sweet potato for regular potato
    Crushed while grain cereal for breading
    Almond milk for regular milk
  • JessyJ03
    JessyJ03 Posts: 627 Member
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    Regular Hamburger instead of Cheeseburger... :laugh:
  • Jessicalg1981
    Jessicalg1981 Posts: 51 Member
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    Regular Hamburger instead of Cheeseburger... :laugh:

    lol. If only... :happy:
  • MystikPixie
    MystikPixie Posts: 342 Member
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    The same with the greek yogurt, I use it in place or mayo or sour cream(most of the time). I recently started doing sliced cucumbers instead of chips. One I figure out how to make a cucumber taste exactly like a Nacho Cheese Dorito I'm gonna be set for life!
  • ObtainingBalance
    ObtainingBalance Posts: 1,446 Member
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    good ideas! You spread the yogurt on a bagel or toast? I never would have thought of that.

    My sister has done that.
  • TitchyBozo
    TitchyBozo Posts: 5
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    Almond milk instead of normal milk
    Greek yoghurt
    Courgette ribbons instead of pasta
    Cauliflower instead of rice
    Protein Icecream instead of chocolate icecream from the shop!
    Almond butter instead of peanut butter (but not convinced yet)
    Coconut flour/oil/etc
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    i use an avocado and some 2% cottage cheese* as "dressing" in my salads.




    *2% because i prefer the flavor, not for any reduced calories option
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
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    Ground turkey in place of ground beef. I use it for chili and tacos.
  • L_Stradford
    L_Stradford Posts: 156 Member
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    Regular Hamburger instead of Cheeseburger... :laugh:

    :laugh:
  • jonward85
    jonward85 Posts: 534 Member
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    Greek yoghurt for pretty much anything creamy- cream, salad dressing, mayo etc
    EVOO or coconut oil in place of butter
    Applesauce or peanut butter in place of oil in baking
    Stevia or agave for sugar
    Sweet potato for regular potato
    Crushed while grain cereal for breading
    Almond milk for regular milk

    Applesause or peanutbutter in place of oil? How does this work? I am very intrigued by this.
  • PicklePlum
    PicklePlum Posts: 192 Member
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    Regular Hamburger instead of Cheeseburger... :laugh:

    I'd go topless on the burger...toss out the top half of the bun :bigsmile:

    My biggest replacement would be balsamic/pepper/lemon juice blend in place of Honey mustard dressing for salads.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
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    You can also use greek yogurt to replace the oil in recipes. You would have to double check but I believe it's a 1 to 3/4 ratio so if it calls for 1 cup of oil you replace it with 3/4 cup of yogurt. I've done it a few times and can't taste much of a difference but changes the calorie count nicely!
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
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    I think it's perfectly reasonable to just more moderately consume what you'd be wanting, but I definitely feel you on the "replace this with that."

    I've replaced grits with simmered millet (more protein). I use Greek yogurt in everything because it doesn't give me explosive diarrhea. Red meat generally gives me a crippling stomachache, but venison does not... so, venison for beef.
  • skinnybitchbarbie27
    skinnybitchbarbie27 Posts: 306 Member
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    I love potatoes. Words can't explain how much I love a baked potato (out of the oven) with the works. I have found that cottage cheese makes an amazing topper instead of the butter and sour cream. It is still yummie but I only use a quarter a cup of cottage cheese so it makes less calories.
  • OnMyWay2STay
    OnMyWay2STay Posts: 144 Member
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    I admit, I love Burger King. A Whopper Junior w/o mayo is 260 calories instead of 340. A whopper w/o mayo is 470 instead of 630.
  • Katy_G2013
    Katy_G2013 Posts: 70 Member
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