If a person monitors his health, he always pays attention to nutrition, including the calorie content of foods. And when you want to keep the taste, but at the same time reduce the total calorie content, you have to go for some tricks.
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"Substitutes"
One of the most important rules for those who do not want to radically change their diet, but at the same time strive to eat properly, is to replace harmful foods with healthy ones. In particular, we are talking about replacing high-calorie foods with less high-calorie ones, but similar in taste.
There is a universal set of healthy nutrition, which uninterruptedly contributes to weight loss, an overall improvement in the state of the body and at the same time does not affect the palatability of dishes prepared with the addition of these products. This set includes: sour cream, natural yogurt, sugar substitute, adjika, skim milk, compote, chicken breast fillet, ham.
As you can see, this is mainly about sauces. Indeed, it is thanks to sauces that the calorie content of your diet increases by one and a half times. Everyone’s favorite mayonnaise, even from the “light” series, contains at least 300 Kcal per 100 g, while sour cream 15% fat - 158 Kcal. Mayonnaise can be replaced with sour cream almost everywhere - when cooking meat, snacks and sauces. As for salads, there is an even more beneficial option in terms of calorie content - natural yogurt. It has only 66 Kcal, while using it instead of mayonnaise and especially sour cream, you will not feel the difference at all. Both tasty and healthy.
Replace ketchup with adjika. She has a more natural taste, and two times less calories (54 vs 95). Skim milk will be about 100 Kcal “lighter” than fat, so you can safely add it to baking, the taste will not change, and the total calorie content will decrease by one fifth.
Instead of chicken, use chicken breast fillet, it contains pure low-calorie meat without impurities of fat, and in fact it is considered the most delicious part of this bird. And replace the sausage with a more delicious ham.
As for sugar - this is the main source of calories. Three cups of tea with sugar will add 126 Kcal to your body, but a sugar substitute is 10 times less, although there is practically no difference in taste.