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Have fun creating your healthy daily menus!Not surprisingly there is a high demand for healthy daily menus. You don't always need 'special recipes'. You can usually convert any of your favourites into healthy daily menus. Here are some ideas: In any baking recipe you can usually half the fat and sugar and the result will still be delicious. You can use 1 teaspoon of arrowroot blended with 1 tablesoon of water as a substitute for one egg when baking cakes. If you want a fruit crumble make it mainly fruit and a sprinkling of topping. Yummy!! If you are a meat eater keep it to a minimum. Or maybe try substituting soya products. For example using soya mince in a delicious chilli con carne sauce tastes very like the 'real thing'. With your healthy daily menus you'll have More Taste Less Waist!!..... Substitute skimmed milk for full fat in recipes. The powdered variety is good for this and you can just add it at the end (blended in a little cold water) which saves a lot of sauce spluttering. Don't add fat to sauces and gravies, just thicken with cornflour mixed in a little cold water. Make salad dressings from fat free yoghurt and mustard. Mayonaise still tastes like mayonaise if it is only quarter mayo and three quarters fat free yoghurt. There's no denying the value of a good recipe book packed full of healthy daily menus......... Save Time, Save Calories! Get '101 Fresh, Light and Quick Dinner Ideas' today. Reduce fried and roasted foods. Grill and bake instead. If you want to fry or roast a tiny amount of ghee will achieve the same result as a lot of cooking fat/oil. And it has major health benefits. If you want french fries without the tight jeans just cut your potatoes into 'french fry shapes' and bake high. Still delicious! You know this but include lots and lots of veggies and fruit. There are no 'healthy daily recipes' without them!! Blend cooked veggies to make tasty soups, sauces and dips. For example cooked and blended cauliflower makes a fabulous pasta sauce. Blended lentils, butterbeans etc also make wonderful sauces and dips. You can make lower fat guacamale by mixing half avocado and cooked peas along with seasonings Use low fat cheeses in recipes or just a tiny amount of strong cheeses as a little of these goes a long way. A little mustard added makes a tiny amount of added cheese taste cheesier! Add a little strong cheese to low fat cottage cheese. The stronger cheese takes over and it is a wonderful topping for crackers, baked potatoes etc. Above all have fun....a recipe is a guideline not a rule.....and many 'great recipes' were discovered by mistake!
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