This whole site is about still enjoying cooking and enjoying food while being health conscious. It is possible to cook without using a pound of butter and a carton of cream! Believe me coming from a Greek background this was difficult for me to accept at first too, but food can still be just as delicious when it is good for you).
Tips to help you cook your favourite dishes "low fat":
1. Invest in a good, non-stick frypan and use a teaspoon of olive oil or a quick spray of cooking spray to brown or stir-fry meat or veges.
2. Grill, char-grill or barbeque meat, chicken and fish instead of frying them.
3. Trim the fat from meat and remove the skin from poultry - or buy lean cuts of meat in the first place. Look for French trimmed lamb cutlets instead of lamb chops; or the Healthy beef mince instead of hamburger mince.
4. Make use of herbs, spices, vegetables, garlic, ginger, lemon and lime juice - these ingredients all add a lot of depth and flavour to your food, and it is these sort of things that are actually missing from low fat food which makes it taste like cardboard.
5. Dry fry mince or cubed meat in a non-stick frypan. Then drain off the fat before adding other ingredients.
6. In asian curries (e.g. my favourite thai red curry), use low fat coconut milk instead of the regular kind. Avoid coconut cream as this is much higher in fat and tastes the same.
7. Flavour salads with no oil dressings - use ingredients like lemon juice, vinegar and garlic.
8. Look for low-fat options for dairy - swap regular milk for skim milk; swap your cheeses, yoghurt, and sour cream for low-fat options. It will reduce your fat dramatically without compromising flavour.
9. Try new recipes and have fun! This way you can still enjoy cooking and devouring your favourite foods, rather than cutting them out altogether.
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