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Lowfat Cooking Tips: Substitutions in Cooking & Baking


  • Evaporated skim milk makes a great low-fat substitution in recipes calling for heavy cream.
  • For reducing fat and cholesterol in baking, two egg whites can be substituted for one whole egg.
  • As an alternative to butter or drippings, you can baste with wine, fruit juice or bouillon.
  • For a lowfat alternative to thick, creamy soup, puree the ingredients with cooked potato instead of cream.
  • You can usually reduce the fat in a recipe by a third if you replace it with equal parts of a liquid, such as fruit juice.
  • For a low-fat alternative to sour cream, use drained non-fat yogurt with just a little sour cream mixed in.
  • Instead of frosting a cake, try dusting it with cinnamon and cocoa or confectioner's sugar.
  • In baking, applesauce can be substituted for oil.
  • Instead of butter, try dipping bread in olive oil for dinner. The fats in olive oil are much healthier, and it tastes delicious!
  • Vegetable spray works even better than butter for no-stick eggs and has no fat!
  • For a quick fat-free homemade dressing, follow directions on a Good Seasons packet, but substitute non-fat yogurt for the oil.
  • For fat free cooking, marinate or baste fish or chicken with concentrated fruit juice, fresh fruit juice or vegetable juices, instead of oils.
  • Use salsa or low-fat yogurt for baked potatoes instead of traditional butter and sour cream.

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