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Replace chips with crisp vegetables for healthful crunchy snacks."This is great if you need something crunchy to snack on," notes Hartford Healthcare registered dietitian Dana Purcell, RD.
Sour cream can be replaced with gut-friendly Greek yogurt. Plain low-fat Greek yogurt tastes like sour cream but has fewer calories and fat.
Swap Sour Cream For Greek Yogurt
Coconut cream is an excellent dairy-free alternative to half-n-half.If you want to reduce saturated fat, use light coconut milk, cream, whole milk, or whole milk yogurt instead of heavy cream or half-and-half in recipes.
Swap Half-n-Half For Coconut Cream
Replace table salt with nori for flavor without sodium. Registered dietitian and Street Smart Nutrition CEO Cara Harbstreet tells TODAY, "Most Americans eat more sodium than recommended."
Swap Salt For Seaweed
A tasty alternative to mashed potatoes is mashed cauliflower. "Cauliflower is a great source of vitamin C, which helps boost immunity, aids in the production of red blood cells and is essential for DNA repair
Cauliflower Replaces Potato
Replace flour with almond flour, say experts. In "One of my favorite substitutions when baking and cooking is using almond flour instead of refined white flour," registered dietitian Malina Malkanite reports.
Replace Flour with Almond Flour
Instead of pasta, try spiralized vegetables to get fit. "Bean-based noodles are a great option, which can really pack on the fiber and protein and keeping you fuller longer; whereas spiralized veggies tend not to be as filling as traditional pasta
Replace Regular Pasta with Veggie
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