Low Cholesterol Recipes --

Low cholesterol recipes .You can still follow any normal recipe and eat an interesting and varied diet. The easiest way to find low cholesterol recipes is simply to substitute certain ingredients with some others. That way no recipe is out of your reach and any recipe you can make into a low cholesterol recipe. Click here for low cholesterol recipes of the day. (refresh the page to see another)

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The following is a table showing ingredients to substitute to make any recipe healthier, below that daily is new favourite low cholesterol recipes that you may think you have to avoid, yet with proper planning you can still enjoy whenever you like.

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If a recipe calls for this	Then use this instead
Whole milk (1 cup)	1 cup of fat-free milk plus 1 tablespoon of unsaturated oil.
Heavy cream (1 cup)	1 cup evaporated skim milk or 1/2 cup low-fat yogurt and 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese.
Sour cream	Low-fat cottage cheese plus low-fat yogurt for flavor; ricotta cheese made from partially skimmed milk (thinned with yogurt or buttermilk, if desired); one can of chilled evaporated fat-free milk whipped with one teaspoon of lemon juice; or low-fat buttermilk or low-fat yogurt.
Cream cheese	4 tablespoons of margarine blended with 1 cup dry low-fat cottage cheese. Add a small amount of fat-free milk if needed in the blending mixture. Add chopped chives or pimiento and herbs and seasonings for variety.
Butter (1 tablespoon)	1 tablespoon polyunsaturated margarine or 3/4 tablespoon polyunsaturated oil.
Shortening (1 cup)	2 sticks polyunsaturated margarine.
Oil (1 cup)	1 1/4 cups polyunsaturated margarine.
Eggs (1 egg)	1 egg white plus 2 teaspoons of unsaturated oil or commercially produced cholesterol-free egg substitute according to package directions. 3 egg whites for 2 whole eggs; 2 egg whites for 1 whole egg in baking recipes.
Unsweetened baking chocolate (1 ounce)	3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder or carob powder plus 1 tablespoon of polyunsaturated oil or margarine. (Carob is sweeter than cocoa, so reduce the sugar in the recipe by one-fourth.)

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African Creamy Cold Tomato SoupPrep: 15 min, plus refrigeration time.

* 3 lbs. tomatoes\raw, peeled, seeded, and pureed
* 2 tsp. tomato paste
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 1 Tbs. peanut or vegetable oil
* 1 ripe avocado, mashed and pureed
* 2 Tbs. lemon juice
* 3 Tbs. fresh cilantro or parsley, chopped
* 1 tsp. hot pepper sauce, or to taste
* 1/8 tsp. salt
* 1/8 tsp. pepper

In a mixing bowl, combine the pureed tomatoes, tomato paste, buttermilk, and peanut oil. Add remaining ingredients, stirring to mix well. Refrigerate for 3 hours, or overnight. Serve cold. Serving suggestion: top soup with a dollop or sour cream or yogurt.

This recipe serves 8 people. Due to the nature of this recipe, it adjusts the number of servings in multiples of 8 only.

Per serving: calories 120, fat 7.7g, 53% calories from fat, cholesterol 1mg, protein 3.2g, carbohydrates 12.5g, fiber 3.7g, sugar 6.7g, sodium 102mg, diet points 2.8.

Dietary Exchanges: Milk: 0.1, Vegetable: 1.5, Fruit: 0.2, Bread: 0.0, Lean meat: 0.0, Fat: 1.4, Sugar: 0.0, Very lean meat protein: 0.0

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