Turning the Corner From Nutrients to Food

No More Nutrients

Applying to Practice Recipe Modification ◦Fat ◦Fiber ◦Sodium ◦Sugar ◦Gluten

FLAVOR! Don’t sacrifice flavor

FLAVOR! Use flavor suggestions in textbook ◦ pdf/alteringrecipes.pdfhttp://fcs.tamu.edu/food_and_nutrition/ pdf/alteringrecipes.pdf ◦Cook’s Thesaurus 

Recipe Modification Project DUE February 7!!!!!! Select a recipe Modify 3 ingredients Nutrient Analysis of both recipes Write paper Present work See syllabus-p.9

Nutrition Analysis Websites ChooseMyPlate.gov Nutritiondata.com Recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe Ontargetnutrition.com Caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis. php Fitwatch.com/

Peanut Butter Pie Crust 1 ¼ c chocolate cookie crumbs ¼ c sugar ¼ c melted butter Filling 1-8 oz pkg cream cheese 1 c creamy peanut butter 1 c sugar 1 T butter 1 t. vanilla 1 c heavy cream

How Would You Modify?

Peanut Butter Pie Calories939.2 Total Fat 57.4 g Sat Fat 23.4 g Cholesterol 91.0 mg Sodium573.6 mg Carbohydrate 94.8 g Protein 16.5 g

Peanut Butter Pie Crust 1 ¼ c chocolate cookie crumbs 3 T. sugar ¼ c melted butter Filling 1-8 oz pkg low fat cream cheese 1 c low fat creamy peanut butter 1 t. vanilla 1 c cool whip

Peanut Butter Pie Calories372.1 Total Fat 21.1 g Sat Fat 6.5 g Cholesterol 16.8 mg Sodium465.8 mg Carbohydrate 35.0 g Protein 12.1 g

Examples  Holiday Stuffing VideoVideo  TJ’s Lasagna VideoVideo Cornish Pasty Whole Wheat Banana Bread Carrot Cookies Modified Taco Bow Tie Pasta with Sausage Chicken Salad Sandwich Video

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