Green Bean Casserole and Reducing Calories - as part of the expert series by GeoBeats.

Green Bean Casserole and Reducing Calories: Nutrition

Green bean casserole is traditionally very high in calories and fat. You can use a low, low fat, low sodium, cream of mushroom soup as a base. You can use skim milk instead of whole milk in the recipe, to cut back on the fat and calories. A lot of the recipes have bacon or bacon bits or cheese. Definitely just avoid those ingredients, as you don't really need them for the flavor, and they add a lot of fat and calories and saturated fat. You can use fresh or frozen green beans instead of canned green beans. That's a great way to cut back on the sodium, and boost up the nutrition a bit.

Finally, skip the French fried onion topping. Instead, you might just use regular breadcrumbs with some onion powder. Or even just sauté or caramelize onions, and put those on top to add some great flavor without all the transfats and the saturated fat.