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Substitutions for Cream. Cream is a base ingredient in many sauces and dips.

Substitutions for Cream

If you are trying to cut fat from a recipe (or you just don’t have cream), there are many substitutions for cream that you can use in baked goods and dips. Cream is essentially the fatty layer that surfaces to the top of milk. Cream is thick and heavy and it serves a variety of purposes in cooking. A good cream substitute will have thickening properties and won’t separate under high heat. The best cream substitution depends on why you need a substitution and also what you are cooking. Easy Substitution The ratio you use will depend upon how thick you want your cream. Vegan Alternative Unfortunately, not many substitutes will give you the exact same flavor or consistency as cream.

Low-Fat Alternative Yogurt can be used as a substitute for cream. Lactose-Intolerant Alternative Coconut milk is a flavorful and healthier substitute for cream, especially if you are lactose intolerant or vegan. Last Resort Alternative. 10 Healthy Ways to Help a Hangover - Health. While it's not something I'm proud of, I've got plenty of hangovers under my belt.

10 Healthy Ways to Help a Hangover - Health

See, despite all of my healthy practices—yoga, deep breathing, clean cosmetics, brown rice and kale eating—I'm just not that great at saying no to that third or fourth drink once I get going. Bless those of you who are—and damn those of you who are immune to hangovers altogether! Apparently you exist, and you are lucky. But while I am working on my to-don't list (new rule: don't drink before dinner), I've also concluded that the only thing worse than a hangover is the guilt and self-loathing that can come with it. And where does that take most of us? Got any to add? Have some miso soup with your eggs. Take a handful of omega 3s—and then repeat. Drink kombucha tea. Have sex or just a good cuddle. Get some body work. Try some hydrotherapy.

Do some exercise—but just a little bit! Have a banana/blueberry/kale/lemon smoothie. Breakfasts » 10 Tasty, Easy and Healthy Breakfast Ideas. Post written by Leo Babauta.

Breakfasts » 10 Tasty, Easy and Healthy Breakfast Ideas

You get up in the morning, you rush to get ready for work, you rush out the door without a breakfast. Perhaps you grab a bagel and cream cheese, perhaps a muffin, perhaps an Egg McMuffin. If you’re lucky, you get a pastry, a hearty breakfast of pancakes and sausage and eggs, or an English fry-up. Unfortunately, when it comes to being healthy, none of these options is a great way to start your day. Several readers asked about healthy breakfast ideas, and in truth, it’s a dilemma that many of us face each day. The first problem is a problem, because it means that you start the day with an empty stomach. The second problem is also a real problem, because traditional breakfasts don’t usually come in healthy flavors. Too sugary or carb-filled. What does that leave us with? But how do you find the time?

Oatmeal, flaxseed, blueberries & almonds. Baked Eggs with Bacon and Spinach. Do y’all remember the scene in Runaway Bride (that’s an Oscar contender if I’ve ever seen one…) where Julia Roberts realizes that she doesn’t know how she likes her eggs?

Baked Eggs with Bacon and Spinach

You know, because she’s always turning herself into the girl that the guy she’s marrying wants to be with? Yeah. That’s not me. I know how I like my eggs, although I will say that it depends on the day. If it’s a scrambled kind of day then I want them scrambled with NO MILK, a tab of butter, and salt and pepper. Hey, I’m an independent woman…throw your hands up at me. Now that we’ve established my egg-eating habits, though, I have to say – baked eggs are kind of amazing, an unexpected new love in my egg-eating life. Serves 2, but this can be split in half easily to make them in small individual ramekins. 4 whole eggs3-4 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked and chopped1/2 cup loosely packed spinach2 Tbsp cream2 Tbsp butter, meltedsalt and pepper to taste1/4 tsp thyme Preheat oven to 375. So now it’s your turn – egg fan?