Developing Healthy Recipes

Developing Healthy Recipes:

Our team of dietitians and trained staff can work with the cook or chef when and of the following tips can be used to develop tasty, healthy recipes.

Change/add healthy preparation techniques!
Try using seasonings, flavorings, herbs, spices, juices, vinegar’s, stocks, rubs and marinades instead of oils, butter, cream sauces and fatty meats.
Change/add healthy cooking techniques!
Roasting, broiling & grilling, sauté & dry sauté (no fat added), and stir frying.
Change an ingredient by reducing it, eliminating it, or replacing it! For example: Reduce fat when a recipe calls for eggs by using two egg whites in place of one whole egg or use commercialized egg whites. The yolk of the egg is where all the fat and cholesterol comes from.
Replace fat in muffins, breads, and other baked goods by using unsweetened fruit puree in place of oil.
Eliminate fat all together by using fat free products such as fat free cottage cheese, sour cream, and yogurt.
Add new ingredients! Adding new ingredients helps build flavor in low fat food items.