{"id":76,"date":"2022-03-16T17:28:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/?p=76"},"modified":"2022-03-16T17:28:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:28:10","slug":"substitutions-for-healthier-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/2022\/03\/16\/substitutions-for-healthier-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Substitutions for Healthier Meals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There can be various reasons as to why families may not always be able to make healthier meals. This can be due to time, money, accessibility, and more. Lots of the time families want to have healthier meals but either can\u2019t afford it or just live too busy lives for them. There are great substitution foods for meals that can make the meal even healthier, while still taking the same amount of time. For those that love burgers, a good substitution is a turkey burger. Turkey burgers provide a cleaner source of protein that\u2019s healthier than beef. Another great substitution for pasta would be using zucchini noodles instead of regular pasta noodles. Zoodles are low carb, calorie, and fat, and are high in hydration and overall very good for you. I have found that cauliflower can be a great substitute for many foods including mashed potatoes, rice, and pizza crust. I have tried all three of these foods, replacing them with cauliflower and I loved them all. I have found all of these foods to taste the same and are super delicious, just with more benefits from the cauliflower. Cauliflower is high in fiber, low card, full of nutrients, and a good source of antioxidants. There are so many great ways to easily replace some unhealthy food and still have it taste delicious.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There can be various reasons as to why families may not always be able to make healthier meals. This can be due to time, money, accessibility, and more. Lots of the time families want to have healthier meals but either can\u2019t afford it or just live too busy lives for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/2022\/03\/16\/substitutions-for-healthier-meals\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<i class=\"ion-ios-arrow-right read-more-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/healthylifestyles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}