Food Swaps.

Monkeymin
Monkeymin Posts: 197 Member
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
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.

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  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    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
    JenFerguson1 Posts: 156 Member
    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
    helenmelon29 Posts: 787 Member
    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
    pjrisher Posts: 152
    Great post!

    I've swapped sugary cereals and frozen waffles for oatmeal.
  • bmw4deb
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    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
    Monkeymin Posts: 197 Member
    Thanks, It's really helpful to read other peoples swaps, It gives me ideas on what else I can swap.
  • osucristina
    osucristina Posts: 197
    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
    Sueboo31 Posts: 128
    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
    getfitdiva Posts: 1,148 Member
    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
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    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
    bmw4deb Posts: 1,324 Member
    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
    Lovelystrumpet Posts: 44
    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.
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