If you're trying to make your food more healthy, try these healthy substitutions. In each case, you can use the substitution in place of the original when cooking.

Instead Of	Use
Bacon	Smoke flavoring, ham, Canadian bacon or bacon bits
Bread crumbs	French bread, dried and crushed Butter, margarine or shortening in baking
Butter, margarine or shortening in baking	Applesauce
Cream cheese	Neufchatel or low fat cream cheese
Canned Condensed Soup	White sauce made with skim milk
Cream of Chicken Soup	1 ¼ cups white sauce + 1 Tbsp. chicken bouillon
Cream of Mushroom Soup	1 cup white sauce + 1 can drained mushrooms
Egg (one)	2 egg whites
Ground beef	Ground turkey
Heavy cream, for whipping	Evaporated milk, freeze 30 minutes, add ½ tsp. vanilla, whip
Heavy cream, in sauces and soups	Evaporated milk
Ricotta cheese	low-fat cottage cheese, pureed
Sour cream	Yogurt
Whole milk	Skim milk
White flour	½ white and ½ wheat or all wheat
White flour, for thickening	2 Tbsp. cornstarch
White rice	Brown rice

Here are a few more healthy eating tips:

• Cook chicken breasts with skin and remove skin just before eating. This helps the chicken stay juicy.
  
  
• Steam vegetables instead of sauteing.
  
  
• Low fat gravy: let meat broth stand in refrigerator overnight or put ice cubes in broth to collect fat. Skim off fat. Use 1 Tbsp. cornstarch to thicken 1 cup.