I don’t believe in restrictive diets or not enjoying your favorite meals. There is a way to still enjoy all of your favorite foods by making smarter choices. Below are some of my favorite healthy food swaps:

• White potato to sweet potato
• White rice to brown rice or quinoa
• White pasta to whole wheat pasta, brown rice pasta, ezekiel pasta or zucchini noodles
• Bread crumbs to almond meal or ground oats
• Sugar to coconut sugar, rice malt syrup or raw honey
• Milk chocolate to dark chocolate
• Roasted, salted nuts to organic, raw unsalted nuts
• Potato chips to kale chips
• White salt to pink himalayan sea salt
• Vegetable oil to cold pressed olive oil or unrefined coconut oil
• Margarine to grass-fed butter
• Mayonaisse to greek yogurt
• Soft drinks to water with fresh lemon
• Milk to almond milk, coconut milk or oat milk
• Meat for grass-fed organic meat
• Soy sauce for tamari
• Store-bought salad dressing to cold pressed olive oil and vinegar