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When you're in the mood for your favorite comfort food, you're probably not thinking about how healthy this dish will be. However, many comfort foods can be high in fat, cholesterol, and calories. Wouldn't it be nice to have healthy versions of your favorite comfort food recipes? Just as delicious as your old favorites but healthier, these revamped comfort food recipes will be much easier on your waistline.
A favorite comfort food of many, fried chicken is not the healthiest of entrees. However, you can easily find lighter versions of this treat, such as Epicurious' Crisp Oven-"Fried" Chicken. Using whole-grain breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, lemon zest, salt, and paprika as its breading, you'll bake the breaded chicken breasts for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Once you taste how deliciously crispy this chicken is, you'll never want to fry chicken again.
The perfect companion to fried chicken, macaroni and cheese is high up on most people's list of favorite comfort foods, but it can be so high calorie and filled with fat. Another reworked comfort food recipe from Epicurious, Mac 'n' Cheese uses skim milk and reduced-fat cheese to keep the calories and fat content low. By using a tablespoon of light butter and three ounces of Velveeta Light cheese in combination with two cups of skim milk and eight ounces of reduced-fat cheddar cheese, you'll end up with creamy mac and cheese that will make you forget all about the fluorescent-orange boxed stuff.
Do you dream of cheeseburgers and fries when you need comfort food? Don't think you can't make healthier low-fat versions of these comfort food dishes because you can easily. Eating Well's Inside-Out Cheeseburgers call for using 90% lean ground beef to keep the fat content low. These cheeseburgers contain the cheese inside the hamburger patty. You just combine low-fat shredded cheddar cheese with a hard or semi-hard cheese like Gruyere, Gouda, Asiago, or Parmigiano-Reggiano. Then you mix the ground beef with Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and pepper, and then form the patties around two tablespoons of the cheese mixture and grill for delicious low-fat cheeseburgers.
You can't enjoy cheeseburgers without French fries, and Epicurious gives you a couple of choices for making low-fat and healthy versions of this comfort food treat. The first recipe, Salt and Pepper Oven Fries, uses the Japanese table seasoning known as shichimi togarashi (dried chilies, sesame seeds, and seaweed) to add great flavor. Slice baking potatoes into strips, drizzle with olive oil, and roast at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Then sprinkle with sea salt and shichimi togarashi for tasty and healthy french fries. The Sweet Potato Fries with Garlic and Herbs recipe is similar, except for using sweet potatoes, of course. Roasted and then sprinkles with minced garlic, thyme, and Italian parsley, this is one comfort food that might taste too good for anyone to think it's healthy.
A meal of comfort food wouldn't be complete without dessert, and Delish's Chocolate Chip-Oatmeal Cookies are ooey-gooey-yummy while only being 80 calories each. Also, each cookie has a gram of fiber to make them even healthier. The secret is to use trans-fat-free vegetable oil spread along with two and a half cups of either quick-cooking or old fashioned oats. Low in fat, calories, and cholesterol, these are comfort food cookies you won't feel guilty eating.
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When you're in the mood for your favorite comfort food, you're probably not thinking about how healthy this dish will be. However, many comfort foods can be high in fat, cholesterol, and calories. Wouldn't it be nice to have healthy versions of your favorite comfort food recipes? Just as delicious as your old favorites but healthier, these revamped comfort food recipes will be much easier on your waistline.A favorite comfort food of many, fried chicken is not the healthiest of entrees. However, you can easily find lighter versions of this treat, such as Epicurious' Crisp Oven-"Fried" Chicken. Using whole-grain breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, lemon zest, salt, and paprika as its breading, you'll bake the breaded chicken breasts for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. Once you taste how deliciously crispy this chicken is, you'll never want to fry chicken again.
The perfect companion to fried chicken, macaroni and cheese is high up on most people's list of favorite comfort foods, but it can be so high calorie and filled with fat. Another reworked comfort food recipe from Epicurious, Mac 'n' Cheese uses skim milk and reduced-fat cheese to keep the calories and fat content low. By using a tablespoon of light butter and three ounces of Velveeta Light cheese in combination with two cups of skim milk and eight ounces of reduced-fat cheddar cheese, you'll end up with creamy mac and cheese that will make you forget all about the fluorescent-orange boxed stuff.
Do you dream of cheeseburgers and fries when you need comfort food? Don't think you can't make healthier low-fat versions of these comfort food dishes because you can easily. Eating Well's Inside-Out Cheeseburgers call for using 90% lean ground beef to keep the fat content low. These cheeseburgers contain the cheese inside the hamburger patty. You just combine low-fat shredded cheddar cheese with a hard or semi-hard cheese like Gruyere, Gouda, Asiago, or Parmigiano-Reggiano. Then you mix the ground beef with Worcestershire sauce, paprika, and pepper, and then form the patties around two tablespoons of the cheese mixture and grill for delicious low-fat cheeseburgers.
You can't enjoy cheeseburgers without French fries, and Epicurious gives you a couple of choices for making low-fat and healthy versions of this comfort food treat. The first recipe, Salt and Pepper Oven Fries, uses the Japanese table seasoning known as shichimi togarashi (dried chilies, sesame seeds, and seaweed) to add great flavor. Slice baking potatoes into strips, drizzle with olive oil, and roast at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Then sprinkle with sea salt and shichimi togarashi for tasty and healthy french fries. The Sweet Potato Fries with Garlic and Herbs recipe is similar, except for using sweet potatoes, of course. Roasted and then sprinkles with minced garlic, thyme, and Italian parsley, this is one comfort food that might taste too good for anyone to think it's healthy.
A meal of comfort food wouldn't be complete without dessert, and Delish's Chocolate Chip-Oatmeal Cookies are ooey-gooey-yummy while only being 80 calories each. Also, each cookie has a gram of fiber to make them even healthier. The secret is to use trans-fat-free vegetable oil spread along with two and a half cups of either quick-cooking or old fashioned oats. Low in fat, calories, and cholesterol, these are comfort food cookies you won't feel guilty eating.