How can I cut calories from recipes without skimping on flavour? | The Guardian

If you are selective, and careful what you tweak, fat and sugar alternatives can workDo you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.comHow do I cut down on the calories in your recipes without changing them too much?Michael, HastingsThis question, Michael, is all too familiar to Feast’s Tamal Ray, who straddles the medical and cookery worlds. “People always say: ‘You’re a doctor, and you bake, so you must know loads of healthy baking recipes,’ but, well, not really, because they are at odds with each other.”As we’ve noted here before, baking is a science, and even the smallest tweak can shake the very foundations your sweet treats were built on. To this end, Ray offers a cautionary tale: “My mum made a cake for my 10th birthday. She read the recipe and thought, ‘This is unhealthy’, so halved the butter and eggs. My sister and I were so rude about it that she didn’t bake for us again for 10 years.” Continue reading…

If you are selective, and careful what you tweak, fat and sugar alternatives can work

• Do you have a culinary dilemma? Email feast@theguardian.com

How do I cut down on the calories in your recipes without changing them too much?
Michael, Hastings

This question, Michael, is all too familiar to Feast’s Tamal Ray, who straddles the medical and cookery worlds. “People always say: ‘You’re a doctor, and you bake, so you must know loads of healthy baking recipes,’ but, well, not really, because they are at odds with each other.”

As we’ve noted here before, baking is a science, and even the smallest tweak can shake the very foundations your sweet treats were built on. To this end, Ray offers a cautionary tale: “My mum made a cake for my 10th birthday. She read the recipe and thought, ‘This is unhealthy’, so halved the butter and eggs. My sister and I were so rude about it that she didn’t bake for us again for 10 years.”

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