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 From the breakfast table to the dinner table, you can make healthy, lower-calorie substitutes for some of your favorite meals, from granola packed with calories to the quintessential American meal - TV dinners.
Yes, you can find lower-calorie TV dinner options. Will wonders ever cease? Try these substitution ideas from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: | If you usually buy: | Try these: | | - Ramen noodles
- Pasta with white sauce (Alfredo)
- Pasta with cheese sauce
- Granola
- White rice
| - Rice or noodles (spaghetti, macaroni, etc.)
- Pasta with red sauce (marinara)
- Pasta with vegetables (primavera)
- Bran flakes, crispy rice, etc.
- Cooked grits or oatmeal
- Reduced-fat granola
- Brown rice
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| If you usually buy: | Try these: | | - Cold cuts or lunch meats (bologna, salami, liverwurst, etc.)
- Hot dogs (regular)
- Bacon or sausage
- Regular ground beef
- Chicken or turkey with skin, duck, or goose
- Oil-packed tuna
- Beef (chuck, rib, or brisket)
- Pork (spare ribs or untrimmed loin)
- Frozen breaded fish or fried fish (homemade or commercial)
- Whole eggs
- Frozen TV dinners (containing more than 13 grams of fat per serving)
- Chorizo sausage
| - Low-fat cold cuts (95% to 97% fat-free lunch meats or low-fat pressed meats)
- Lower-fat hot dogs
- Canadian bacon or lean ham
- Extra lean ground beef such as ground round or ground turkey (read labels)
- Chicken or turkey without skin (white meat)
- Water-packed tuna (rinse to reduce sodium content)
- Beef (round or loin, trimmed of external fat, select grades)
- Pork tenderloin or trimmed, lean smoked ham
- Fish or shellfish, unbreaded (fresh, frozen, or canned in water)
- Egg whites or egg substitutes
- Frozen TV dinners (containing less than 13 grams of fat per serving and lower in sodium)
- Turkey sausage, drained well (read label
- Vegetarian sausage (made with tofu)
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