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Four substitutes for a healthy meal

Four substitutes for a healthy meal| TheNewsTribe.com

Cooking healthy meals is no rocket science. Unfortunately, due to habit or lack of experimenting, we often fall into a rut with cooking methods and staple dishes. Additionally, our taste buds are wired a certain way and we can’t go two days without craving for the very foods we need to banish from our lives.

Here are the substitutes which you should use for a healthy meal

Substitute cream with yogurt

Most curries call for cream to thicken and enhance the spices, and flavours. But have you ever tried whole milk yogurt, or better still – skimmed yogurt? You can begin with halving the cream content and replacing the remaining half with yogurt. Then reduce the cream each time you cook the dish.

Substitute cashew nuts with almonds

While cashew nuts are perfectly okay by themselves, they aren’t as healthy as almonds. So when you add them to desserts and dishes, just replace them with soaked almonds. Several Indian recipes call for cashew nut garnishes or pastes.

Substitute ice cream with frozen and blended banana

If you’ve got a sweet tooth that hankers for ice cream every single day, then keep a reserve of chopped, peeled and frozen bananas in the freezer. When the craving kicks in, simple blend these frozen pieces of bananas, and add any flavor you want. The result will be a smooth, creamy, almost-ice cream like texture.

Substitute mayo with butter or mustard

Due to our love for junk food, a lot of us are hooked on to the mayonnaise taste that unhealthy burgers, potato wedges and zero-nutrient sandwiches have. Curb this habit by substituting mayo with butter or mustard, both perfectly healthy sandwich, burger and toast additions.

 Originally Published In Times Of India

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