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substitute for cream without loss of rich flaver

Having heart bypass surgery last yr., and having diabetes, I have been experimenting to make foods that I love healthier low fat, or no fat and the same with salt. one of the things that can sabotage my efforts is ice cream. I now make your coffee ice cream with fat-free half and half, and use half splenda, and half sugar in place of all sugar. I use these in almost all baking. Almost forgot! eggbeaters in place of whole eggs. Somehow these all do what cream, sugar,and eggs do.Hope this helps those of you with health issues. (sliced strawberries with the fat free half and half is heaven)! Breit1

Tags: and cholesterol, and sugar, no loss of richness, reduced fat

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mumpy
  • Reply by mumpy on February 21, 2012 at 8:11 pm
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thanks for the info...hubby has had bypass surgery twice, so i'm always on the lookout for lo-fat ideas....have been hesitant to try the fat-free half-and-half, but i think i will give it a shot now!

Cindy Leigh
  • Reply by Cindy Leigh on February 21, 2012 at 10:38 pm
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I make my own too. I make an egg custard base with 3 eggs and 2 cups of skim, and cool.
To that I add a can of condensed milk, a can of evap milk, a cup of skim homemade yogurt, a bit of stevia, and whatever extracts and mixing I'm using. I add one half packet of sugar free pudding mix in the appropriate coordinating flavor to improve creaminess, and a tbsp of vodka or flavored liquer at the end to avoid ice crystals and freezing too hard. I process in a KitchenAid stand mixer ice cream attachment. If I'm adding dark chocolate, I mix the bits into the warm custard and cool.
I've made some really unique flavors including Greek ice cream after a Greek inspired meal. It had a few coarsly chopped pieces of baklava as the mixin, and had honey and cinnamon drizzled in layers, with chopped nuts. Very good!
Also made chocolate covered cherry for my mom, and chocolate heath bar for husband. Son likes eggnog flavor.
My favorite is coconut flavor with toasted chopped almonds and dark chocolate pieces.