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Do you have favorite recipes that you hate to *give up* but would like to know how to make them healthier? Send me a copy and I will adapt it to a healthier version and post it on my web site. Here is one example. It's simple Corn Muffin recipe. I'll give both old and new ingredients with explanations for how the change is healthier.

Old Ingredients	New Ingredients

1 cup flour	1/4 cup soy flour + 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup corn meal (Quaker)	3/4 cup corn meal (coarse-ground still containing the germ like Bob's Red Mill)
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder	no change
1/2 tsp. salt	1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup sugar	1/4 cup sugar (next time try even less)
3/4 cup milk	3/4 cup soy milk
4 Tbsp. butter,softened	2 Tbsp. canola or olive oil
1 egg	1/4 cup egg substitute, or 2 egg whites, or 1 Eggland's Best egg
	3/4 cup fresh blueberries

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray muffin tins lightly with Pam®.
Mix all ingredients together.
Bake 25 minutes.

Makes: 6 large muffins

With these ingredient changes, I have:

increased the fiber and the phytochemicals by using whole wheat pastry flour, course-ground corn meal, and the blueberries
decreased the sodium content by cutting the salt in half and eliminating the butter (still need the baking powder)
decreased the sugar by half, and probably could decrease it even a little more without compromising the taste
decreased total fat by cutting down the amount added by half and changing the egg to egg whites or an egg substitute
changed the fat to a healthy fat by switching from butter to canola oil or olive oil. If Eggland's Best eggs are used, they are high in omega-3 fatty acids which adds a healthy fat to consume
added soy protein and isoflavones by using soy flour and soy milk. Special notes:
1. only substitute 25% soy flour in quick breads (15% in yeast breads) as soy flour does not contain gluten which is needed to help with rising and texture of baked goods.
2. choose a soy milk that is highest in protein like EdenSoy unflavored as the isoflavones like genistein *travel* with the protein, this in general, the higher the protein, the more isoflavones a soy product contains.
increased the natural Vitamin E content by changing from butter to canola oil, using Eggland's Best eggs, and the corn meal that still has the germ

This example gives you some general ideas for switching family favorite recipes to ones that are equally tasty and much more nutritious and healthful.

In my book, I have included the names of several dozen cookbooks which feature recipes that are compatible with (or that can be modified to fit) the ultra-healthy diet I follow, including some resources which are free.

I am also collecting recipes to include in a future edition of my book as well as to be featured on "Menus and Recipes". I have asked readers to send me any recipes that they have found to be great-tasting and easy to prepare, and that emphasize the nutritional guidelines which are outlined in my book. I will also consider taking people's favorite "normal" recipes and posting versions which are modified for maximal cancer prevention.

If you have a recipe you wish to submit for possible inclusion in either my book or on this web page, please send it to me. If the recipe is from a cookbook or other printed source, please include the name, author, and publisher of the source so that I can ask for permission to reprint the recipe. If it is a recipe you created, or a family favorite, please indicate that, also.

Blueberry Corn Muffin "Recipe Adapting"

Blueberry Corn Muffin
"Recipe Adapting"