On 11/20/2011 8:11 AM, W. Baker wrote:
> Janet > wrote:
> : I bought a package of this today. The main ingredient is xylitol
> : followed by maltodextrin and sucralose.
>
> : by calculation, the carb count for one cup is 72 grams, which, for
> : desserts without a lot of flour carbs might work for small servings.
> : regular table sugar is 265 grams of carbs in a cup.
>
> : I am going to try this recipe (I added an extra egg to make up for the
> : lack of support from sugar) for pecan pie, subbing the Ideal and the
> : Splenda brown (yes, I know it's part real sugar) and using an almond
> : meal crust. I will also try to give him a smaller serving than 1/8 of a
> : pie.
>
> : I am keeping the carbs down on the traditional turkey dinner. No white
> : potato, but a bit of sweet potato with no added sugars and a small
> : amount of stuffing made with low carb, double fiber bread and lots and
> : lots of celery. Fake sweetened fresh cranberry sauce and roasted
> : Brussels sprouts and maybe a salad.
>
> : I think I should be able to keep DH's carb count for the meal within the
> : parameters of his insulin pump's ability to cover for them. A glass of
> : wine might help a bit, too.
>
> : What do y'all think about the Ideal sweetener? Will the xylitol work on
> : me like other sugar alcohols or is it different?
>
> : DH has been such a good boy and his last A1C was 5.9 so I thought I'd
> : let him have some treats for Thanksgiving Day.
> Snippped delicious looking recipe
>
> I can't advise you on hesweetener, but just some suggestions on your
> stuffing. I use an assortment of vegetables along with the low carb
> bread. Not only clelery and onions, but green pepper, chinked portobelo
> mushrooms, leeks-if not too crazy expensive and tons of herbs and some
> curry powder. I bake this outside the bird with a little oil (so my
> vegetarians can eat it) otherwise use either a bit of chicken fat or the
> fatty drippings from the turkey(just a little of this sin:-). This works
> well for a yummy dressing and those mushroom chunks really add. You
> can also always add some chestnuts or other stuff like that .
>
> Wendy


Thanks, Wendy. I was going to put mushrooms in it, too. There will only
be 3 of us for dinner so I'll make the stuffing outside the bird.

Onions *and* leeks?

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Janet Wilder
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