March 04, 2009
Eat Healthy! Issue #027 4 March 2009
For confirmed subscribers only: newsletter from Healthy Eating Made Easy.
New on Healthy Eating Made Easy
Lentil Soup Recipes
Pulses are cheap, nutritious and delicious, and while there's still a chill in the air they make the perfect sustaining soup. These three mouthwatering Lentil Soup Recipes are new on the site.
Cook Book Reviews
These books are published in the UK, and are also available in other countries via amazon. Check out these Cook Book Reviews for some great additions to your shelf of cookery books.Want to cut down on saturated fat?
You're bound to know by now that saturated fats found in foods such as meat, sausages, hard cheese, butter, cream, hard cheese, pastry, cakes, biscuits and coconut cream, are bad for your heart - and that most people eat too much of them. Here are five tips to help you reduce the amount of saturated fat you eat.- Look at labels. More than 5g of saturated fat per 100g is 'High'. 1.5g per 100g or less is 'Low'. Compare different brands of the same product for saturated fat content, and you'll be surprised at how much fat you can avoid just by shopping carefully.
- Choose lower-fat dairy products. Introduce them gradually to your diet and you'll soon get used to the difference.
- Cook with olive, sunflower or rapeseed oil, rather than butter or lard.
- Grate cheese rather than slicing it - you'll use less in sandwiches.
- Trim visible fat from meat before cooking. Brown meat and mince (ground beef) in a dry non-stick pan before cooking, drain off the fat and soak up more by patting with kitchen paper. Cook stews and casseroles the day before you want to eat them, cool then chill in the fridge, then remove the hardened fat from the surface before you reheat.
Happy Healthy Eating!
Elizabeth
Healthy Eating Made Easy