Here is a table of my most frequent swaps:
Traditional | Better | Best |
White Burger bun | Low GI Wholemeal or Seeded Bap | Portobello Mushrooms |
White Lasagna | Wholemeal Lasagna | Courgette, Aubergine or Butternut slices |
White Spaghetti | Wholemeal Spaghetti | Courgetti |
Noodles | Wholemeal Noodles | Boodles (Butternut noodles) |
White Bread | Low Gi Wholegrain or seeded bread | Sugar free Rye bread (Biona) |
Mashed potato | Mashed sweet potato | Mixture of mashed sweet potato and butternut squash |
Potato chips | Sweet potato chips | Butternut Chips |
Bread sandwich | Wholemeal wrap | Sweet potato Wrap |
Couscous | Brown cous cous | giant wholegrain cous cous |
White Rice | Brown rice, Wild rice | Quinoa |
Sugar | Honey, Maple Syrup, Date Syrup | Freshly made date paste, manuka honey, rice nectar |
Fruit yoghurts | Plain greek yoghurt | Coyo Coconut Yoghurt |
Milk Chocolate | 70% dark chocolate | 100% chocolate (Chocolate Madagascar is by far the best) |
Muffin (for eggs benedict) | Rye Bread | Portobello Mushrooms or Aubergine (Pictured above) |
Baked Beans | low sugar baked beans | Homemade baked beans using sweet potato |
White flour | Wholegrain flour | Coconut, almond or oat flour |
Sugary cereals | Sugarfree Cereals | Homemade granola |
Macaroni | Wholegrain Macaroni | Cauliflower florets |