| Even if you're a vegetarian, you might find the number | | | | You can also make a penne with a homemade |
| on the skill slowly creeping higher and higher. Part of | | | | vegetable sauce that only has six grams of fat per |
| the reason may be that while you've given up meat, | | | | serving. In a skillet, heat a tiny amount of extra virgin |
| you have managed to replace it with foods with a high | | | | olive oil and sauté diced carrots and a |
| fat content, like whole-milk cheeses, cream, a lot of | | | | thinly-sliced leek. Sprinkle a little bit of sugar over the |
| olive oil, and fattening nuts. The best thing you can do | | | | vegetables to help them caramelize better. Then, stir in |
| to create your own low fat vegetarian recipes is to | | | | diced zucchini, frozen peas, green beans, salt, and |
| take your current favorite vegetarian recipes and | | | | pepper. Cover and cook until the vegetables are |
| replace some of the ingredients. Instead of mixing | | | | tender. Finally, stir in some chopped parsley and diced |
| cream into soup, try using skim or evaporated milk. | | | | tomato, along with some additional salt and pepper to |
| Instead of using whole-milk cheeses, try substituting | | | | taste. While you're waiting for the vegetables to cook, |
| with low-fat cheeses. In terms of olive oil and nuts, | | | | boil some penne pasta. Once it's done, toss the pasta |
| while you shouldn't remove these items from your diet, | | | | with the vegetable sauce and serve while hot. |
| you should use them more selectively. However, if this | | | | A third possibility when you're looking for low fat |
| isn't enough, there are a number of specific easy low | | | | vegetarian recipes is a Vegetable Bake that has less |
| fat vegetarian recipes out there that you can follow. | | | | than four grams of fat per serving. Spray a skillet with |
| Red beans and rice is one very easy recipe that is | | | | some cooking spray, and sauté some chopped |
| incredibly low in fat. In fact, it only has around one gram | | | | zucchini and onions until they start to soften. In another |
| of fat per serving. To make it, in a pot with a lid | | | | bowl, mix the sautéed vegetables with a |
| sauté some chopped onion, red pepper, and | | | | chopped tomato and some parmesan cheese, and |
| garlic in a tiny amount of canola oil until softened. Then, | | | | spread over the bottom of a greased pie plate. In |
| add salt, cayenne pepper, and thyme. Finish by adding | | | | another bowl, stir together some reduced fat baking |
| rice and water. Bring the water to a boil, cover, and | | | | mix from Bisquick®, skim milk, and some fat-free, |
| simmer for about twenty minutes. Then, add a can of | | | | cholesterol-free egg substitute, which you can find in |
| kidney beans to the rice without stirring. Just cover the | | | | your grocery store. Pour this mixture into the pie plate, |
| pot back up and let stand for another five minutes. | | | | and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of |
| Then, remove it from the heat, stir, and serve hot. | | | | the pie comes out clean. |