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butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and has less saturated fat.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: American cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: powdered milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, and powdered milk is cheaper when bought in bulk.

Prepare a tomato aspic salad by mixing tomato juice with diced celery, onions, and a hint of lemon or vinegar.

Add chopped olives or shrimp if desired, then pour the mixture into a mold and refrigerate until set.

For the ham salad mold, combine ground ham, diced celery, sweet relish, and hard-boiled eggs in a bowl.

Dissolve unflavored gelatin in water and mix it into the ham mixture, adding mayonnaise or mustard for flavor.

Pour the ham mixture into a bundt pan and chill overnight until firm.

To serve, unmold the ham salad onto a plate and garnish with fresh greens or deviled eggs.

For the frozen fruit salad, mix whipped cream or evaporated milk with softened cream cheese, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, mini marshmallows, and chopped nuts.

Fold the mixture together and pour it into a loaf pan, then freeze until solid.

Slice the frozen fruit salad and serve on a chilled lettuce leaf for presentation.

Prepare cucumber and onion salad by slicing fresh cucumbers and white onions thinly.

Soak the slices in a mixture of vinegar, sugar, water, and salt, then chill before serving.

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