| Tips and Tricks For Low-Calorie Cooking |
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Always use fat-free vegetable broth, instead of regular chicken or beef broth.
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Freeze the broth in ice-cube trays and whenever you need to add moisture to a dish, add a cube of broth instead of extra oil.
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Remove the skin and fat from all meats before cooking and use a marinade to keep the meat tender. |
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Replace half of the fat with pureed fruits in your favorite baking recipes. Apple sauce and fresh mango puree are good examples. |
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One-quarter of puree can also be substituted for one egg. |
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Use your charcoal grill year around. A cast iron grill pan is also a good choice.
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Grilling is fast, easy and require less fat. Smoking provides fat-free seasonings as well.
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Use high quality ingredients like extra-virgin olive oils, good vinegars ,superiors cheeses. You will use less salt but get more flavors.
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Use freshly chopped herbs freely. You will need less salt which means less bloating. |
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Garnish almost any dish with fruits or vegetable salsa for an intense burst of flavors, without fat.
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Skip the cream, milk and butter in pureed soups. To get the creamy consistency without fat, blend in one large boiled potato.
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When adding potato to any dish or soup, the starch in the potato will give a richer consistency and without effecting the flavor of the final dish.
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Use water-packed tuna, instead of oil-packed.
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Avoid high-sugar foods. Read labels for words like-high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, sucrose etc. |
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Use unsweetened canned fruits or fruit canned in its own juices.
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Eat whole-grain breads, cereals and pastas.
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Eat more raw fruits and vegetables.
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Drain and rinse canned vegetables, before used further. |
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Substitute egg whites in recipes calling for whole eggs.
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Use vegetable or peanut oils instead of solid shortenings and use margarine instead of butter or lard.
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