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Here’s a simple way to slash major calories from some of your favorite comfort foods -- and you won’t miss a thing. When you’re making lasagna, sloppy joes, chili, and other ground beef dishes, use chopped mushrooms instead of meat. If you’re like the people in a recent study, you’ll naturally eat about 420 fewer calories with these mushroom-enriched meals. (Need help losing holiday pounds? Try the amazing soup diet in our New Year, New You Center.) The Other Red MeatPeople in the study also said the mushroom makeovers tasted just as good and kept them feeling full just as long as the beef versions did. And not only did the mushroom-based dishes mean a lower-calorie meal, but the mushroom eaters also ate fewer calories and less fat throughout the day than the beef eaters did. (Check out the Savory Mushroom Stroganoff recipe in this article.) Switching beef for mushrooms is just one way to cut calories and fat.

What is it about mushrooms that makes meatless eating so satisfying? Their rich taste, earthy aroma, and -- yes -- meaty texture. Give every kind a try with this cookbook, Mushroom Magic: 100 Fabulous Fungi Feasts and Marvelous Mushroom Meals . The name says it all.
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