Adapt your own recipes.
     Adapted from: Healthy Diet For Diabetics

  REDUCE CHOLESTEROL

 * Use vegetable oil or margarine instead of butter
 * Substitute 2 egg whites for 1 egg, or use egg substitute
 * Use more vegetables and grains and less meat in recipe
 * Use soy-based product to replace part of meat eg. tofu
 * Use nonfat milk products instead of whole milk.

 * Use reduced calorie mayonnaise and salad dressing
 * Blend cottage cheese or yogurt with milk for sour cream topping
 * Replace regular whipping cream with low-cal topping or yogurt
 * Remove visible fat from meat and skin from poultry before cooking
 * Decrease oil in marinades and salad dressing; increase vinegar,
    water and seasonings
 * Use foods canned in their own juice or water
 * De-fat meat drippings by refrigerating  and skimming fat off the
    top. Or purchase a fat seperater.
 * Decrease the amount of fat used in baked  goods by 1/3 to 1/2 and
    increase fluids called for to reach desired  consistency.
 * Cheese that is finely grated or thinly sliced goes further
 * Pour some of the fat off the top of "natural" peanut butters.

 * Use low-salt or no-salt-added products
 * Increase  your use of herbs and spices in place of salt in recipes
 * Use fresh foods  whenever possible in place of canned or processed
    (soup mixes, cured meats,  etc) or rinse canned foods (tuna) with
    water.  Do not add salt to water when cooking pasta or other
    foods.

 * Decrease the amount of sugar called for in traditional recipes by
    at least 1/3; substitute fruit juices, nectars or pureed fruits.
 * Use fruit canned in water or fruit juice.  Use non caloric
    sweeteners if needed to increase the sweetness of a recipe without
    added calories.  (Most baked desserts require at least 3/4 tsp. sugar 
    per serving to achieve a desirable flavor.)

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Diabetic Sweeteners - Sugar Equivalents
(courtesy of MasterCook)

1/3 tsp Sweet n'low = 1 tablespoon sugar

Liquid Sucaryl-1 tablespoon for 1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp  Adolph's Sugar Substitute = 1 tablespoon of sugar

1 TBLs Liquid Sweet 10 = 3/4 cup sugar, 
4 tsp Liquid Sweet 10 = 1 cup sugar. 

1/8 tsp Weight Watchers = 1 tsp sugar,
1TBLs Weight Watchers = 1/2 cup sugar. 

1 tablet Sweet 10 tablets and Equal tablets = 1 tsp sugar. 

1 packet Equal, granulated = 2 tsp sugar. 

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Cooking Tips

It is easier to slice raw meats into thin strips if you partially freeze it first for 30 minutes; until it is firm.

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