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VOLUME 1
VOLUME 1 CONTENTS
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We all have comfort foods we love. Whether its because they remind us of home or a special time in our lives, or simply because we enjoy them, they tend to have one thing in common: theyre usually unhealthy. Some are loaded with fats from deepfrying, from creamy sauces, or cheese.
Others are salty. Some are just pure carbohydrates. For those of us keeping an eye on our nutrition, most of these comfort foods have fallen off the allowed list, and this is unfortunate but we have good news! There are a number of ways we can take our comfort food recipes and make them healthier whether we want to do that for our children, because were developing better habits for ourselves, or if were trying to lose weight. There are simple substitutions you can make with ingredients you have on hand that will make those comforting snacks and meals into more acceptable choices. Its always the case that foods with more protein and higher fiber content will be more filling and more nutritious. In this cookbook, we have fifty healthy comfort food recipes to show you how to do that.
Sometimes theres a compromise in the texture or the flavor, but it can be very subtle. In the end, you will need to decide whether making these concessions are going to be worthwhile. And we know that some days, you wont choose to. Thats why weve provided the original recipes as well! The changes weve made to comfort food recipes can be carried over into your other meals as well. Below, weve included a quick list of ways you can make all your meals healthier.
Baking Substitutions
Substitutions for Oil or Butter
Applesauce In any muffin or sweetbread, you can safely switch out half of the oil or butter for applesauce, and sometimes you can replace it all.
Try it with your favorite recipes and see how it goes.
Mashed Banana
In brownies or cookies, try mashed banana in place of your fat, and add a dose of potassium, vitamin B6, and fiber! Chia seeds Mix 23 tablespoons of chia seeds in a cup of water, and let them sit for 20 min. Use this to replace up to half the butter in a recipe, in equivalent measure. This works in cakes, muffins, and bread. Avocado Replace the butter in your brownies or chocolate cookies with avocado, and get a dose of monounsaturated fats, fiber, and loads of potassium.
Substitutions for Sugar
Honey Replace one cup of sugar with threequarters of a cup of honey.
You also need to decrease the liquid in your recipe by onefifth, and the oven temperature should be 25F lower. While sugar has only empty calories, honey gives you potassium and vitamin C. Maple Syrup Replace one cup of sugar with threequarters of a cup of maple syrup. As with honey, you need to decrease the liquid in your recipe by three tablespoons, and the oven temperature should be 25F lower. Even so, your baked items will be darker in color than with sugar, but youll be getting calcium, manganese, iron, and zinc, as well as some omega6 fatty acids. Pured Fruits If you have used fruit in place of your oil, then you have already added a healthy, natural sweetener to your baking.
You can cut back the sugar, usually by half. Note: Agave nectar, raw cane sugar, and stevia are all common sweeteners, but their advantages over plain sugar are minimal. They are also more complicated and less reliable for baking.
Substitutions for White Flour
Whole Wheat Use whole wheat flour in place of white flour where you can, replacing at least half (and sometimes all) of the white flour in your recipe. You may find that things come out a little heavier, but the nutritional value is incomparable. Not only does it digest more slowly and effectively, but you get a lot of vitamins and minerals that have been stripped away from the white flour.
Note: There are many different flours you can buy and use in place of white flour, but they each have different physical and chemical properties. They need to be carefully combined and youll need to adapt your recipes accordingly, so even though these other flours are usually more nutritious, they dont make our list of easy substitutions. However, you can safely substitute a few tablespoons of a healthier flour in most of your recipes.
Cooking Substitutions
Substitutions for Pasta and White Rice
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