Healthy Fast Food Recipes

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |

Do you love fast food but hate the calories that come with it? Then why not cook your favorite fast food items at home and reduce the salt and fat content yourself! It's true, you can cook all your favorite fast food recipes at home and cut out the fat without cutting out the flavor. Here are a few tips for reducing the fat in your favorite fast food recipes.

First, fry with a low fast oil instead of a deep fryer. Just pour a half inch of low fast oil into a skillet and fry your food. You'll drastically cut the fat content without cutting the flavor.

Second, use low fat condiments. Instead of mayo, sour cream, and ranch, use low fat or fat free mayo, sour cream, and ranch. They taste the same but with half the calories!

Here are some easy fast food recipes you can cook at home:

AppleBees Mudslide Recipe
2 cups vanilla ice cream
2 ounces kahlua coffee liqueur
1 dash chocolate syrup
canned whipped cream

1. Measure 2 cups of ice cream into your blender. Add the Kahlua and blend until smooth.
2. Prepare a 16-ounce wine glass by swirling chocolate syrup around the inside of the glass. Hold the wine glass by the stem with one hand and twirl the wine glass as you squeeze the chocolate. Slowly move the chocolate up toward the rim of the glass so that the chocolate makes a continuous spiral around the inside of the glass.
3. Pour the drink from the blender into the glass. Add a pile of whipped cream to the top of the drink and drizzle additional chocolate syrup over the whipped cream. Add a straw and serve.

KFC Coleslaw Recipe
8 cups finely diced cabbage (about 1 head)
1/4 cup diced carrots
2 tablespoons minced onions
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice

1. Cabbage and carrots must be finely diced.
2. Pour cabbage and carrot mixture into large bowl and stir in minced onions.
3. Using regular blade on food processor process remaining ingredients until smooth.
4. Pour over vegetable mixture and mix thoroughly.
5. Cover bowl and refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving.

There are hundreds more delicious restaurant recipes and fast food recipes available to you in The CopyCat Cookbooks. Check them out today to start cooking all your favorite dishes at home!