Five Ways to Cut Fat in your Diet without Feeling Deprived

We don’t want to eat foods that are not healthy but for some reason we are drawn to them. Why? The bottom line: fat tastes good. The more we eat it, the more we want of it. There are ways to tone down the fat content in our diets without feeling like we are on a diet.

1. Butter spray versus butter

When you order that stack of pancakes or that baked potato, what’s always sitting on top of it? Butter. Butter is used to add flavor to foods, but it is also full of fat and calories. One solution is butter spray. These spray products have all the taste of butter, but none of the fat. A couple of sprays will coat your pancakes or your baked potato. Spray butter on a non-stick skillet for sautéing foods.

2. Egg substitutes anytime

Eggs have been on the bad and the good side of a healthy diet. No one can decide quite where they belong. Egg substitutes are great for omelets in the mornings. Egg Beaters®, a popular brand of egg substitute, comes in several flavors: cheese and chives, Southwestern, and garden vegetable. Egg substitutes can be used in recipes that call for eggs. Make sure that you check the carton for the correct conversion amount.

3. Breaded instead of fried

My weakness is fried chicken. There is something about that crispy, golden brown poultry that I can’t resist. There is a way to capture the flavor of fried chicken without all the extra fat. Use bread crumbs to coat your favorite chicken pieces and bake them in the oven. Removing the skin prior to seasoning and coating will reduce the fat content of the meat even more. The bread crumbs also work for lean pork chops as well. The meat remains tender and juicy with proper cooking.

4. Go nuts

Instead of reaching for a bag of chips to snack on, grab a handful of your favorite nuts. Nuts are high in protein and fill you up. They contain good fats that the body needs for daily maintenance. An important part of cutting fat is getting rid of the bad types like saturated and trans fats. When you get that midmorning or evening craving, a handful of nuts are a tasty treat.

5. Slim down your milk

Milk provides the body with an excellent source of calcium and vitamin D. But, whole milk also provides too much fat. Babies need this extra fat when they are weaned off formula or breastfeeding. Adults do need the calcium, especially women, but other milk products with lower percentages of milk fats will provide that. If you’ve been drinking whole milk for a while, try a gradual step down process. Two percent tastes the most like whole milk. Try this for a month. Next, step down to one percent milk. The goal is to reach one percent or skim milk. I used the step down process and now my entire family drinks skim milk. Using skim milk in recipes in place of whole milk lowers the overall fat content of the meal.

Give it a try. Cutting fat doesn’t mean that you have to cut taste. Your favorite meals, with a few substitutions, can still satisfy your tongue as well as your tummy.

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