Great article from the Easy Healthy Recipe blog:
It seems like low fat cooking recipes are everywhere – magazines, newspapers, TV entertainment shows, not to mention cooking shows, often advertised as easy and healthy. However, they often require ingredients many people do not typically stock in their pantry. Also, sometimes low fat is replaced with high sugar. Then there are those who are looking for healthy recipes but secretly long for the baked goods they grew up with.
Is it healthy eating or is it love?
Recipes passed down through the generations may have been crafted with love, but many include ingredients which undermine our best efforts to maintain a healthy diet and contribute to obesity and other health issues. The food items with emotional connections tend to be the hardest to break…and you shouldn’t have to. Trying to skip those dishes will only sabotage your weight management efforts because it will leave a void, likely to be filled later with unhealthy choices. More
Read more at Suite101: Easy Low Fat Recipe Substitutions: Eating Healthy is Easy with Low Fat Alternative Ingredients http://recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/easy-low-fat-recipes#ixzz0hbnCtAeB