Are You a PointsPlus® values-Savvy Cook?

Do you know how to turn fattening dishes into treats that are worth their PointsPlus values? Take a stab at our recipe renovation quiz to find out.

The best substitute for some of the oil in a yellow cake mix is:

Unsweetened applesauce.

Apple butter.

Fat-free sour cream.

To make low-fat gravy from your homemade roasted turkey or beef:

Simply start with skinless turkey or lean meat.

Put the gravy in the refrigerator or freezer to cool, then skim off the layer of fat that rises to the top.

Pour hot gravy through a colander into a large pot below — the fat will stay in the colander.

Cut back on some of the butter or oil in chocolate cakes and brownies by replacing some of it with:

Low-fat chocolate yogurt.

Low-fat chocolate pudding.

Pureed prunes.

The leanest beef is:

Top round.

Top sirloin.

Bottom round.

You can create a BLT low in PointsPlus values using which type of bacon?

Turkey bacon.

Canadian-style bacon.

They're equally low in PointsPlus values.

Pasta with cream sauce is one of your favorite dishes, but not worth all those PointsPlus values. So you make your own using:

Flour, water and fat-free half-and-half.

Flour, cornstarch and fat-free half-and-half.

Flour, reduced-calorie margarine and fat-free half-and-half.

To trim fat in baking, use the following conversion: One large egg equals:

1/8 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute.

1/4 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute.

1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute.

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