Cooking Low-Fat ot Cooking Full-Flavor?
@princess07031980 (5412)
United States
September 22, 2009 11:31pm CST
When choosing recipes, are you more interested in low fat or the full flavor cooked with high fats, cheeses, butters. oils, etc. The idea came to mind as I have some homemade Pasta Alfredo I made the other night for dinner using butter, parmesan and romano cheese, and whipping cream. It has to be 50 grams of fat per serving, but it is delcious and I have not found a recipe that tastes this good that is lower in fat. I am not too concerned with high fat in certain dishes, although other dishes I am interested in trying lower fat options.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
23 Sep 09
I choose to cook as low-fat as possible for our family. There are many reasons that I choose to cook this way. The most important for me is because my side of the family has a history of heart disease that took my grandfather and my father at a very young age. I want to do everything that I can to ensure that my children will have much longer lives than their forefathers. The other reason that I choose to cook low-fat is because I am overweight and trying to change that. I've made small tweaks to my recipes that don't affect the flavor of them but cut out a lot of the fat.
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@princess07031980 (5412)
• United States
23 Sep 09
Maybe I appeared too unhealth-concious when I made this topic. LOL I do enjoy cooking low fat foods too, as some are actually very good, and elimating unnecssary fat is good for the most part. But I don't eliminate good tasting foods to save on fat. I enjoy my fried foods once in a while and that will never change.
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
24 Sep 09
My husband is a food genius!! I don't know how he does it, but somehow he manages to be able to cook low-fat, and flavourful food at the same time. He's absolutely brilliant!!
@princess07031980 (5412)
• United States
24 Sep 09
Well then maybe we should start a new topic about your hubby's dishes, as they would probably be quite popular on here! I am always looking for new recipes, as many members are in here. Is he the prominent cook in the household or do you share tasks?
@mipen2006 (5528)
• Australia
24 Sep 09
It depends what wins the fight, the pro healhty thoughts in my lose weight diet, or the taste buds, or more the saliva juices and nose. I won't say who usually wins, but the waste is fighting a losing battle.
