What are your TOP 3 favorite SUBSTITUTES?

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  • DerekHowes
    DerekHowes Posts: 9 Member
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    greek yogurt for sour cream/ricotta cheese

    This is great too!
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
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    Not a replacement, but I love hiding canned pumpkin in tomato based things (chili, spaghetti, etc.). You can't tell it's there, and extra nutrients.

    I'll have to try that. Lately I've been adding chopped kale to spaghetti sauce, and while you can certainly tell it's there, no one seems to mind.

    My top 3 substitutions are:

    Plain Greek yogurt for sour cream.

    Parmesan cheese for butter on vegetables. OK, so you'll never mistake one for the other, but they pack a similar punch, flavor-wise.

    Coconut or almond milk for regular milk.
  • Linli_Anne
    Linli_Anne Posts: 1,360 Member
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    I always sub out some of the white flour in a recipe for whole wheat or oat flour.

    Applesauce to replace the fats in baking (especially yummy in muffins and pancakes).

    Greek yogurt to replace sour cream in some dips etc.
  • sally414
    sally414 Posts: 51
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    Greek yogurt ---> for sour cream or mayo
    Can of diced tomatoes ---> for sugary canned marinara sauce
    Quinoa ---> for rice
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
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    Half of whatever I was going to eat
    Saccharin (this is a cop out, I love saccharin)
    Canned pumpkin:smile: in place of butter - works like apple sauce, but i really like pumpkin
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
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    1. Non-fat Greek yogurt in place of heavy cream or sour cream in recipes.

    I wouldn't even call this a substitution, because it is so yummy!
  • LuccyH
    LuccyH Posts: 266 Member
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    1. Instead of single cream I use natural yogurt
    2. For baking I am using wholewheat flour instead of self baking
    3. I know its not substitute but I prefer full fat chocolate or any flavor yogurt than 0% or fat free one. I hate the taste.
  • loverleigh
    loverleigh Posts: 12
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    1. PB2 instead of regular peanut butter
    2. Greek yogurt for sour cream
    3. Unsweetened applesauce instead of oil/butter for baking
  • crazybookworm
    crazybookworm Posts: 779 Member
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    1. Almond milk in place of reg. milk

    2. Kale chips for potato chips

    3. Butternut squash or sweet potato in place of reg. potato
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    1) Smushed bananas for pancakes
    2) Smushed kidney beans for brownies
    3) Smushed cauliflower for potatoes
  • m_wilh
    m_wilh Posts: 362 Member
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    almond flour pizza crust instead of the flour crust
    almond butter/cashew butter instead of peanut butter
    truvia instead of sugar
  • diana109
    diana109 Posts: 113 Member
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    1. Quinoa Spaghetti or Spaghetti Squash for Pasta
    2. Agave Nectar
    3. Avacado for baking (substitue butter or eggs)


    I have so many more but only three..right?!! :wink:
  • jdavis36
    jdavis36 Posts: 25 Member
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    1. - Stevia for sugar or artificial sweetener
    2. - Chiken or veg broth instead of oil/butter for any sauce/sauteed meat or veggies
    3.- Beans instead of meat
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    1) Smushed bananas for pancakes
    2) Smushed kidney beans for brownies
    3) Smushed cauliflower for potatoes

    You forgot smushed cauliflower for pizza crust and smushed chick peas for chocolate chip cookie dough.
  • Goal_Driven
    Goal_Driven Posts: 371 Member
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    1 - Chicken veggie patties/turkey patties -> Burgers
    2 - Liquid egg whites -> Whole eggs
    3 - Better'n Peanut Butter -> Peanut butter

    ..I have more to list but only 3?? haha
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
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    Plain yogurt in place of sour cream or heavy cream
    TVP and smoke flavoring in place of bacon bits
    Ground flax meal in place of oil or other fats in baked goods
  • CarlieeBear
    CarlieeBear Posts: 325 Member
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    1. Splenda
    2. Special K Cracker Chips
    3. Onions and Green Peppers for Cheese in Omelets when eating out
  • Natashaa1991
    Natashaa1991 Posts: 866 Member
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    i can't remember making any substitutes, except for diet coke.
  • AliciaAnne1984
    AliciaAnne1984 Posts: 35
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    - Applesauce instead of oil in baking (Makes great banana bread!)
    - 1 ingredient banana ice cream
    - Avocado instead of butter on toast
  • Jul158
    Jul158 Posts: 481 Member
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    Greek yogurt for nearly everything! Frozen is delicious..
    Pumpkin in baked goods (same as applesauce)..or mixed in yogurt to add volume.
    Peanut flour..taste of PB without the dense calories. I love it in yogurt, with a banana or in a protein shake.

    While I try to stick to whole foods, some guilty foods I'm caught having are Arctic Zero low calorie 'ice cream', shiritaki noodles and Braggs Amino soy sauce spray with no calories:wink:

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