10 food swaps that make your food slimmer

Do you find it difficult to eat healthy and not too much because there are always temptations? With food swaps you can easily turn unhealthy and high-calorie habits into healthy ones. It's just a matter of choosing the right alternatives. Ten easy and tasty examples.

Our examples are a good start, but of course you can also let your imagination work. Let us know if you have come up with a good food swap. We are curious. The trick is: think green (too)!

1. French fries - carrot fries

Try serving oven baked carrot chips instead of regular chips. Mix 800 grams of cleaned and French-cut (winter) carrots with two tablespoons of oil, some paprika and salt. Place the carrots on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake the carrots in the oven at 200 Â ° C for about 25-30 minutes. Delicious with cottage cheese dip (see food swap 2).
Try serving oven baked carrot chips instead of regular chips. Mix 800 grams of cleaned and French-cut (winter) carrots with two tablespoons of oil, some paprika and salt. Place the carrots on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake the carrots in the oven at 200 Â ° C for about 25-30 minutes. Delicious with cottage cheese dip (see food swap 2).

A sauce on the side is always delicious. In itself there is nothing wrong with mayonnaise, but you can make a less calorie-rich sauce with some full-fat quark with salt and pepper, some finely chopped fresh herbs (chives or parsley) and possibly a crushed clove of garlic.

If you have a twister at home, you can easily make zucchini spaghetti from a zucchini. Delicious with bolognese sauce. But you can also cut the zucchini into small cubes or strips and pour over boiling water. Can be used in a recipe instead of penne or farfalle: it saves calories and carbohydrates. Or shave the zucchini into thin slices with a cheese slicer and then cut it into strips. Then you have perfect low-carb tagliatelle. Also try these delicious stuffed zucchini ravioli made from shaved zucchini. This video shows you how to make that.
If you have a twister at home, you can easily make zucchini spaghetti from a zucchini. Delicious with bolognese sauce. But you can also cut the zucchini into small cubes or strips and pour over boiling water. Can be used in a recipe instead of penne or farfalle: it saves calories and carbohydrates. Or slice the zucchini into thin slices with a cheese slicer and then cut them into strips. Then you have perfect low-carb tagliatelle. Also try these delicious stuffed zucchini ravioli made from shaved zucchini. This video shows you how to make it.

Bake pancakes of 150 gram flour, 3 eggs, 400 ml milk and one finely grated zucchini or winter carrot. Your pancakes contain less carbohydrates. Delicious with savory fillings such as cheese, slices of ham or dried tomatoes.

In rice dishes such as nasi or paella, you can partially or completely replace the carbohydrate-rich rice with ground cauliflower or broccoli. You can buy it ready-made, but making it yourself is also very easy. Grind the vegetables in a food processor or grate the vegetables on a coarse grater. You can eat it raw, but you can also bake it for a while.
In rice dishes such as nasi or paella, you can replace part or all of the carbohydrate-rich rice with ground cauliflower or broccoli. You can buy it ready-made, but making it yourself is also very easy. Grind the vegetables in a food processor or grate the vegetables on a coarse grater. You can eat it raw, but it is also good to bake it.

You can make deliciously refreshing and low-calorie ice cream in an instant by mashing 400-500 grams of frozen strawberries with a dash of yogurt in a food processor or blender. Also delicious with other fruit from the freezer such as berries, mixed summer fruit or mango cubes.

Replace some or all of the potatoes in a stew with celeriac, cauliflower or parsnip puree. Cook the vegetables in the normal way and make puree. Usually you need a little less moisture for the vegetable puree than usual with stew. Tasty combinations are stew with celeriac or endive stew with cauliflower. The more potatoes you replace, the fewer carbohydrates and also the fewer calories the stew provides.

Instead of on a bun, you can also serve a hamburger on one or between two fried portobelloâ € ™ s (super-sized mushrooms). Grill the portobelloâ € ™ s together with the hamburgers until tender, sprinkle with salt and pepper, top with a lettuce leaf, tomato slices and the meat.
Instead of on a bun, you can also serve a hamburger on one or between two fried portobelloâ € ™ s (super-sized mushrooms). Grill the portobelloâ € ™ s together with the hamburgers until done, sprinkle with salt and pepper, top with a lettuce leaf, tomato slices and the meat.

Jam is always packed with sugar. You can make small portions of sugar-free jam yourself by, for example, heating 250 grams of red fruit until it boils. Stir a tablespoon of potato starch with one tablespoon of water and bind the fruit with it. Let it cool down. Cover and keep the fruit topping in the refrigerator. Don't make too much, it spoils quickly. You can keep it good for up to three days.
Jam is always packed with sugar. You can make small portions of sugar-free jam yourself by, for example, heating 250 grams of red fruit until it boils. Stir a tablespoon of potato starch with one tablespoon of water and use it to bind the fruit. Let it cool down. Cover and keep the fruit topping in the refrigerator. Don't make too much, it spoils quickly. You can keep it good for up to three days.