LPL0023 - Luscious, Low-Fat, Lighting-Quick Meals

Course Description

Ever wish for a personal chef creating low-fat, delicious meals? This course is the next best thing! Learn to reduce fat in recipes without compromising flavor. Explore casseroles, vegan dishes, oven-fried foods, and more. Enjoy tips on shopping, menu planning, and try over 50 easy, nutritious recipes.

Course Outline

• Discover easy, low-fat alternatives and use them in your recipes
• Learn how you can season food as a fat free way to improve flavor
• Discover ways to make lowered-fat sauces for a number of recipes
• Learn to use leaner meats to create delicious recipes
• Discover how to replace high-fat ingredients, such as cream and whole eggs, with tofu
• Learn how to prepare quick and easy lowered-fat recipes for main meals, side dishes and desserts

Learner Outcomes

• The Functions of Fat
• Tis the Seasoning
• Talking Sauce
• Using At-In Ingredients
• Making Meals with Meat and Poultry
• Making Meals with Fish and Shell-Fish
• Marvelous Meatless Meals
• Thinking like a Dietitian in the Kitchen 
• Casserole, Slow-Cooker Cookery, and Ove-Fried Foods
• Cupboard and Freezer Meals
• Surviving Summer Cooking
• Putting it All Together

Notes

Instructor-Led 6-week online course.

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.