My mom did a lot of tinkering with favorite recipes after my dad had a heart attack. You can substitute unsweetened apple sauce for some/all of the oil in a lot of baking recipes. Also, I try to use as much whole wheat in most baking as I can get away with - biscuits, pancakes, everything. You can buy ground flax seeds (which have Omega 3's, I think) to add to baked goods.
When I cook things like casseroles, I usually add more veggies than they call for, and less meat. My family isn't on a low fat diet, exactly, I just like to try and keep things moderately healthy NOW so we don't have to go through what my family did when my dad had his heart attack.
If a recipe calls for cream, you can usually use milk without hurting it too much.
Last edited by Butterflyblue; 03-08-2013 at 05:00 PM.