Substitute reduced-fat dairy products for regular versions.

Use lean meats, light sausages, and skinless poultry instead of regular or full-fat versions.

Exchange egg substitute or egg whites for half of the eggs called for in recipes (1/4 cup of egg substitute or two egg whites is equivalent to one whole egg).

Substitute olive or canola oil for vegetable, and you can usually cut the amount of oil in half. For baking recipes, nonfat ingredients like fruit juice, nonfat sour cream and pureed fruit should be substituted for the missing fat.

Cut the amount of butter in half, for most recipes. For baked goods, other somewhat-solid ingredients such as nonfat sour cream and nonfat cream cheese, can fill in for the fat you leave out

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I’ve been talking a lot about internal resources, and I believe for good reason. I don’t mean internally within the company or team, I mean between your ears and in your heart. 

 
Last week I spoke on getting in touch with these internal resources. You can do that by simply finding a quiet place for 10 minutes (give or take a few), dive into your think tank, and finding out what is really in there. We tend to be so busy and have our tasks list so full that we overlook what is in us and the artful ideas we really do have.  

Sometimes it’s a case of confidence. We may not even believe that our ideas will work or others will buy into them. My encouragement to you is to upgrade your confidence. Give your self esteem an upgrade. Up the belief in yourself. You are where you are for a reason, and a purpose. You have the creativity and wear-with-all to do what you are responsible to do.

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