We are now more than half way through the year. At this time of the year it is normal for people to start thinking about the upcoming school year. This is also a great time of year to start thinking about how to become healthier. One easy way to become healthier is to start modifying your favorite recipes to make them healthier. This is what this blog will focus on.
The first step for making your favorite Jewish holiday recipes healthier is to really look carefully at the ingredients that you are using. Many holiday dishes include full fat cheeses and meats. A simply way to make these recipes healthier is to simply replace the full fat versions of these ingredients with low fat varieties of these ingredients. For example, if you are making a lasagna you can use part skim milk Mozzarella cheese and part skim milk Parmesan cheese. You can also replace ground beef with low fat ground turkey or low fat turkey Italian sausage.
The next step in making Jewish Passover recipes healthier is to look at the way you cook your recipes. For example, fried latkes are loaded with extra calories and fat grams because they are deep fat fried. To make this traditional recipe healthier bake your latkes instead of frying them. If you are looking for a way to make large meat dishes healthier then simply trim off extra fat before you cook it, use a spit instead of pan roasting the meat and/or use olive oil instead of butter for prepping your meats.
Do you have low fat Jewish recipes that you would like to share? Post them below.