What are your favorite substitutions?
 

In the spirit of the "given up" threads. What are your favorite substitutions be they replacements or just a lower calorie lower fat version.

I'll start

Egg Beaters for regular eggs
Kraft fat free swiss slices for regular cheese (it melts well)
Ground lean turkey for ground lean beef
fruit for junk food

wholewheat pasta for the regular pasta
wholewheat pita bread for any kind of bread
alpen muesli for any other breakfast cereal

eggbeaters for eggs
homemade whole wheat pizza crust for pizza hut deep dish meatlovers ours taste better!!
no fat shredded cheddar cheese for regular shredded colby/jack cheese
100 calorie Klondike ice cream bars for regular Klondike bars

I try to use spices instead of sauces.
Water instead of anything else. (Whenever I drink something else, I add an extra water before enjoying it.)
I use ketchup on baked potatoes instead of butter and sour cream.
Weighing instead of eyeballing.
Exercise instead of excuses.

A work in progress for sure. I hope I can make it to the end.

light sour cream instead of full fat
almond milk instead of skim or 2% milk
beans in place of meat several times a week
spaghetti squash instead of pasta

- low fat or fat-free for everything dairy
- frozen banana, peach and berry smoothie w/ milk instead of ice cream
- whole grain everything instead of processed grains
- steamed vegetables instead of pan-fried
- Hood calorie countdown milk in cooking/smoothies to cut half the calories compared to skim milk

ground chicken/turkey in place of beef for every recipe
Splenda in place of sugar in my tea and recipes
sweet potato in place of white
raspberries and yogurt in place of icecream
weight watchers wheat bread in place of larger wheat slices
using a smaller divided plate in place of a large dinner plate

Good idea Aiesline -

hmmmm

ww lite bread instead of other bread
ww English muffins instead of white flour ones
Jello sf dark chocolate mousse (I freeze it) instead of chocolate icecream (only 60 calories)
lite/ffree sour cream instead of full fat
2% cheese instead of regular cheese
lite salad dressing instead full fat dressings
rice cakes instead of our family favorite - Ritz (I like to make mini pizzas on the rice cakes - also with pnb or hummus, melted cheese, laughing cow cheese, or with butter spray and garlic powder for croutons)
I Can't Beleive it's Not Butter Spray or Lite Smart Balance margerine instead of full fat marg. or butter
skim milk or almond milk instead of higher fat milk
ff cottage cheese
egg whites instead of whole eggs
stevia instead of sugar
laughing cow cheese instead of cream cheese
natural pnb or almond butter instead of pnb with sugar and other fat
Fiber One Cereal - 15 grams of fiber for 60 calories
10 grain pancake mix instead of Biscquick
Miracle Whip Lite - instead of full fat Miracle Whip
Turkey - Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, and Polish Sausage instead of pork or beef
Morningstar Bacon instead of pork bacon
Marzetti lite blue cheese dressing - a great veggie dip (buy in the produce refridg. section)

Does anyone have a substitute for Ketchup? I've been eating it and finding its BURNING my tongue. Generally i do not eat salt ON things or put it in my food but thats the only thing... and i just about can't eat it anymore.. any suggestions?

* Shirataki noodles instead of pasta

* Greek yogurt instead of sour cream or mayo.

* Low fat cottage cheese instead of yogurt (still not too happy about this!)

* Laughing cow cheese wedges instead of cream cheese

* 100 calorie mini bagels instead of the giant, 350 calorie bagels

* Compromising instead of eating whatever I want

I LOVE Shirataki "noodles" with a wedge of Laughing Cow melted over it - throw in a little chicken and a few mushrooms and I have chicken alfredo that is yummy and satisfying and hardly any calories at all.

Egg beaters are awesome too!

lucid, you're in luck! Heinz just announced they are reducing the salt in their recipe - the new formula will hit shelves this summer:

http://www.mediapost.com/publication...art_aid=128314

Anything that's whole wheat
Skim milk for whole milk
egg beaters for regular eggs
yogurt instead of icecream
Sweet-n-low/Equal/Splenda instead of sugar

These are just a few of mine.

Oatmeal for cheerios or corn flakes
Greek yogurt for yogurt, sour cream or mayo (in dips)
Cottage cheese for other cheese in my salad
Broccoli and other veggies for bread
skinny cow instead of ben and jerry's
Applesauce or pureed beets for oil in baked goods. (Seriously good beet chocolate cake I make for DH's b-day.)

Evidently, most of by substitutions are dairy related!!

wwoohoo! i am trying to not eat as much of it, i can't wait for it to come out!