Brain Health Food Swaps

The other day the title “Tuna Salad Swap” on a food magazine jumped out to me. I wondered if the swap would be hummus for mayonnaise, which I do with my tuna salad. Sure enough, the article featured that “amazing” brain health food swap.

I swap hummus for mayonnaise with everything. Hummus provides the same texture and better nutrition. I also think hummus tastes better, or at least provides a variety of kinds and tastes to the food table.

In a recent entry I mentioned how I swap maple syrup for sugar as a sweetener. This has limitations or requires texture adjustments when substituting a syrup for a powder. I also occasionally swap Parmesan cheese as a more nutritious thickening agent for corn starch or flour. In this case the texture matches but of course taste might matter more here.

I mentioned the use of the spices black pepper, turmeric and ginger for my brain health soup. I actually use this suite of brain health spices for all my soups, sauces and casseroles. Sometimes I swap, sometimes I add these spices. I owe my accidental reputation as a good cook, in shocked amazement to my family, precisely to using these three spices.

I also swap a generous scoop of Tillamook ice cream for cream and sugar in my coffee. The Tillamook brand is extra creamy and uses sugar instead of the more common high fructose corn syrup (check the labels). Not really a brain health food swap, but try it anyways!

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