Due to gallbladder problems, I am in a strict "as low fat as I can go" meal plan at the moment, but that will not stop me for preparing Thanksgiving desserts! While I may not get to enjoy a lot of what I am making, I am doing everything I can to make sure I can enjoy part of it. I will come back and post pics as I am cooking.
Desserts for our Thanksgiving Meal:
apple pie toppings: chocolate syrup, caramel, whipped cream
apple crisp
pumpkin biscotti
ice cream
I can't eat the pie, so the crisp is really for me. If I am just going to eat out the filling of the pie, I might as well make something else.
My apple pie is an old recipe of my mom's. She had a Better Homes & Gardens New Cookbook from 1953 that I have kept and use whenever I can. I love old cookbooks, since they were made before most processed foods, they give you great recipes. One thing that drives me nuts is when I get a recipe and it calls for something already prepared. I don't like when tv chefs do that either. I will do a separate entry on the pie.
I am thrilled to have found some GREAT cooking websites. One of my favorites is Simply Recipes. Elise's blog is my first stop for recipes. In fact, most of what I am using today comes from there.
Elise's Apple Crisp
Elise's Pumpkin Biscotti
Elise's Caramel Sauce
Another frequent stop for me is Tiffany at The Gracious Pantry. This is a great place for information on "real" clean eating. For Thanksgiving, I will be serving her:
Tiffany's Chocolate Syrup
The whipped cream comes from Kathy Maister's Start Cooking Her site is great as it gives instructions AND information about cooking, so you can be a bit more informed about what you are making.
Whipped Cream
So that leaves me with ice cream. I have an OLD (we're talking 20 yrs) hand crank which works really good. I used to use this recipe: Vanilla Ice Cream 4 ingredients!! And I lower the sugar to 1/8 c turbinado. I can't find low fat whipping cream anywhere, sigh. So I will be skipping the ice cream & caramel cause this year. But the whipped cream I may get a dollop of. :)
Unless you have an ice cream maker, you really won't want to try this. So if I need to buy ice cream, what do I buy? The only one I have found so far is Breyer's Lactose Free Vanilla. Whether or not you are lactose intolerant, this is a decent alternative for when you cannot make your own, or you need to bring ice cream somewhere and you don't want to fill your body (or the body of others who will be eating it) with additives.
Lid and side panel
Here is the lowfat Breyers Vanilla:
Lid and side panel
Both include a "gum" but the lactose free is "free-er" of other stuff. So if I need to bring, this is what I buy. So far...no one has noticed that it is lactose free. :) Again, clean eating "my way."
Happy eating!! Kathy
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