i have always put onions and celery in my stuffing, recently have been
adding shaved/shredded carrots as well all sauted before incorperating, i
use butter, but chicken fat would work fine, Lee
"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> 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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