Heart Healthy Cooking
Top 20 Healthy Recipe SubstitutionsPurdue University. Consumer and Family Sciences Extension.
Easy recipe substitutions to reduce the fat content of foods. May be used as a handout.
Nutrition Matters: Tips for Low Fat Cooking (PDF | 1.24MB)Toronto Public Health. York Region Health Service and Region of Peel Health Department.
Provides practical tips to reduce the fat in meals. Includes an example of how to alter a recipe. May be used as a handout.
Tipsheet: Healthy Eating Starts With Healthy Food ShoppingDHHS. NIH. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
Tips to reduce the fat and cholesterol in meals. Includes suggestions to increase flavor without using fat.
Heart Healthy Cooking for African Americans
- On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Pamphlet for African Americans describes ways to prepare traditional foods while reducing fat and cholesterol intake.- Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African American Style - With Every Heartbeat is Life
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Twenty traditional African American recipes low in fat, cholesterol and sodium. Also available in PDF (3.35MB) format or may be ordered for a small fee.
Heart Healthy Cooking for Hispanic and Latino Audiences
- Celebrate Health with a Lowfat Fiesta (PDF 420KB)
California Project LEAN.
A two-page brochure in English that gives 5 recipes and numerous suggestions of ways to eat leaner Mexican cuisine.- Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Bilingual cookbook contains 23 tested recipes that cut down on fat, cholesterol, and sodium.- Eat Lean Mexican Cuisine (PDF 88KB)
California Project LEAN.
Two-page brochure in English discusses ways to decrease the fat when eating or preparing Mexican food. Five low-fat recipes are provided.
