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Who would not love to reward
themselves with a mouth-watering taste of your favorite chocolate cake after a
hard day’s work? Every one of us would love to savor our favorite dishes,
whether they are our favorite pastries or cakes, or just simply the main course.
However, craving for these delicious meals which add a zing to our taste buds
may pose a bit of threat to those who would want to shed off those extra pounds,
and as well as those who is advised to stay off their sweet tooth because of
diabetes.
If you really won’t last a day
without eating your favorite carbohydrate-enriched meals, then one solution to
this problem may be cooking a meal for yourself, so you can take note of the
ingredients that you have been putting in your meal. In this way, you can put
substitutes for the ingredients present in your favorite meal. Here are some low
carb baking and cooking tips that you can follow.
Substitute Flour for Low Carb Baking
 All-purpose flour is one of the
culprits which give you lot of carbs that you are not even aware of. Substitute
this flour with another type which can give you the same delicious flavor when
you use the all-purpose flour. For a change, you may use a portion of whole
wheat flour or soy flour in replacement of the all-purpose flour. You may
replace one fourth of the recipe with whole wheat flour or soy flour. You may
taste a hint of nutty flavor characteristic of a whole grain taste, but
nevertheless, using it drastically weighs down your recipes. Soy flour, on the
other hand, is often used for pancakes or oven cakes, but in this case, you
should use this sparingly, unless the recipe really calls for it.
Cut Down Your Sugar
As for sweetening your favorite
cakes, you may cut down on sugar, but making sure that its flavor does not fall
short. In some recipes, cutting down one fourth of the sugar does not ruin its
taste. You may also use some sugar substitutes, but make sure that these are
intended to be used in cooking or baking. Sugar substitutes only sweeten your
recipe, unlike sugar which has other functions for your recipe, just like
helping the flour rise, in addition to adding color into it.
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Substitution for Cooking Oil
 In cooking your favorite, meals,
you may substitute your regular oil with olive oil. Most cooks now prefer using
olive oil to cook their favorite dishes, since it has other properties other
than complementing the taste of your cooking. Olive oil contains antioxidants,
which are considered to give one some healthy advantages. The only problem that
you will encounter with olive oil is that it leaves its taste in your dishes,
which may alter their real flavor.
These are just some of the low
carb baking and cooking tips that you may follow whenever you concoct your next
meal. Remember that allowing room for substitution of your most favorite
ingredients may just probably lose you some weight and keep you healthy.
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