Instructions: Heres a recipe substitution guide that I picked up from a handout called Hearty Helpnings. It was distributed by KMOX Radio, Medicare-Glaser, and the Jewish Hospital. It has a list of Lower Fat recipes and this handy little guide. Hope that it helps with some of the recipes that we post. If a recipe calls for: Replace it with: . 1 cup butter 1 cup stick margarine with

two times as much polyunsaturated as

cup vegetable oil . 1 ounce baking chocolate 3 tablespoons cocoa powder plus

2 teaspoons vegetable oil . 1 egg 2
egg whites or 1/4 cup

commercial cholesterol-free egg

substitute (For cakes, add 1

teaspoon oil.) . 1 cup whole milk 1
cup skim or 1/2% milk (For

cakes, add 2 teaspoons vegetable

oil or margarine.) . 1 cup sour
cream 1 cup plain non-fat yogurt or 1

cup 1% cottage cheese blended

with 3 teaspoons lemon juice or

1/3 cup non-fat yogurt blended

with 2/3 cup 1% cottage cheese

(If used in cooked sauce, add 1

tablespoon flour.) . 1 cup light
cream 1 cup evaporated skim milk . 1 cup cream cheese 1 cup 1% cottage cheese blended

with 4 tablespoons margarine

Thought this might be helpful to those of you who would like to try some of the recipes, but need less fat. Let us know if you give these suggestions a try and how it turns out.

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