Article: A lighter start // Cheese-sausage appetizers lose some fat but not flavor

Changing times mean changing recipes. Swap Shop often receives letters from readers lamenting that they can't eat their favorite dishes anymore because their doctor has advised them to eat less salt, fat or sugar.

Georgia Szkolny answered Maria Chapman's request for a recipe for sausage balls made with Cheddar cheese and Bisquick baking mix by supplying us with both the original and an updated, lower-fat version. Both recipes come from General Mills, the makers of Bisquick, and are equally good.

The original sausage-cheese ball recipe calls for pork sausage and Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. Cheesy sausage bites, the lower-fat version, are made with turkey sausage and reduced-fat cheese ...

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