Healthy Recipe Substitutions You Can Make

Eating healthy does not always come easy us. Try substituting some ingredients with healthier ones. Below is a list of a few ingredients you can swap out of your recipe to make it healthier.  (And be sure to check out the healthy recipe below!)
 

Low-fat Breakfast muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (substitute 1 cup whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour for 1 cup all purpose)
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ½  cup sugar (instead of the called for 1 and 1/4 cups of sugar)
• 1 ½ cups finely shredded carrots
• 2 large tart apples, peeled and shredded
• ½ cup raisins
• ¾ cup shredded coconut
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• 3 lightly beaten eggs
• ½  cup vegetable oil (instead of the called for 1 cup vegetable oil)
• 1 cup + 1 Tbsp Unsweetened applesauce (added to compensate for the oil)
• ½ tsp. vanilla

Prepare:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tins with baking cups; set aside.
2. Sift flour with cinnamon, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl. Stir in sugar until blended. Then add carrots, apples, raisins, coconut, and pecans until blended. Make a well in center of mixture and pour in eggs, oil, and vanilla all at once. Stir just until mixture is evenly moist.
3. Spoon batter into muffin tins, filling at least ¾ full. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.