| If the recipes says: | Try this instead: |
| Whole Milk | Skim or 1% Milk |
| Light Cream | Equal portions of 1% milk and evaporated skim milk |
| Heavy Cream | Equal portions of half-and-half and evaporated skim milk |
| 1 ounce baking chocolate | 3 tablespoons cocoa (if you need to replace fat in chocolate, add 1 tablespoon or less of vegetable oil |
| Fudge Sauce | Chocolate Syrup |
| Nuts, Coconut | Reduce amount called for in recipes; toast to enhance flavor |
| Whipped Cream | Whip chilled evaporated milk or use reduced-fat whipped topping |
| Sour Cream | Low-fat or non-fat sour cream, low-fat yogurt, or blend 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese with 1 tablespoon skim milk and two tablespoons lemon juice |
| Mayonnaise | Reduced-fat or fat-free versions, low-fat or fat-free plain yogurt |
| Mayonnaise on a sandwich | Reduced-fat or fat-free versions, mustard, fruit and vegetable chutney, salsa |
| Butter, lard, margarine, shortening | To cut total fat, reduce amount called for in recipes by 1/3. In baking, replace some fat with fruit purees. |
| Oil (in baking) | Equal amount of applesauce in some recipes |
| 1 Whole Egg | 2 Egg Whites |
| Cream Cheese | Reduced-fat (often called "Neufchatel cheese") or fat-free versions |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1% cottage cheese, skim or non-fat ricotta |
| Whole-Milk Cheese | Skim-milk mozzarella or low-fat or fat free versions |
| Higher-fat cuts of meat labeled "choice" or "prime" grades | Leaner meat cuts labeled as "select" grade, such as round, sirloin, top loin, lean and extra-lean ground beef |
| Luncheon Meats | Low-fat versions of higher-fat luncheon meats, skinless turkey or chicken breast, lean ham or roast beef |
| Sausage | Homemade sausage made from low-fat ground turkey or lean ground pork |
| Bacon | Canadian bacon, lean ham, lean pork strips. Watch sodium. |
| Olives, coconut, etc., as salad garnishes | Decorative fruit and vegetable garnishes that are lower in fat, such as cucumber slices, orange segments or twists, carrot curls and tomatoes roses. |
| Higher -fat frosting | Sifted confectioner's sugar, sifted cocoa or flavored marshmallow cream. |
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