I promised Wendi from the Healthy You Challenge that I would post a list of my food substitutes that I have found and use on a regular basis to create yummy low-fat and healthier recipes. If you have some in addition to what I have listed here please leave a comment. I love hearing about what others use and I think that it will also help others. I know I’m missing a bunch but here are some of my staples.

Food Substitute
Cream Cheese Laughing Cow Spreadable Cheese Wedges
Tortilla Chips Baked corn tortillas
Shredded cheese Trader Joe’s Lite Shredded cheese mix
Sour Cream FF Plain Yogurt or FF Sour Cream
Bread Crumbs Ground Fiber One Bran Cereal
Ice Cream Bryer’s Light Double Churn (100 calories per 1/2 C)
Fries Baked Zucchini Fries or Butternut Squash Fries
White Rice Trader Joe’s Brown Rice Medley
Water or soda Herbal Tea, Crystal Light , Soda Water
Pepperoni Hormel’s Turkey Pepperoni
Ground Beef Lean or Extra Lean ground turkey breast (I don’t eat red meat at all and used ground turkey for everything that calls for ground beef)
String Cheese Trader Joe’s Light String Cheese
Bacon Turkey Bacon
Snacks 100 calorie packs and WW cakes, Curves Bars, Fiber One Bars, Kashi GOLEAN Roll Bar
Crackers Trader Joe’s Sesame Melba Rounds, Ak-Mak Sesame Crackers