"Dawn" > wrote in message
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> Omelet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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>>>"MOMPEAGRAM" > wrote in message
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>>>> h.. 4 oz fat free half and half
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>>>
>>>Admittedly, I don't examine all the little containers in the same
>>>neighborhood as the milk, but fat free half & half? What the hell is in
>>>it?
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>> I saw some at Wal-mart the other day and wondered the same thing...
>>
>> Fat-free half and half seems to be an oxymoron to me.
>>
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> Its kind of pointless anyway, the 4 TB of flour and the fat free stuff
> used to thicken it has more calories and carbs than regular half-and-half
> would. Sure, you save 10g of fat, until you butter a roll....
>
> Dawn

I made a thick brocolli soup a few days ago. I used 2% milk and no flour. My
son watched, tasted, and said it needed more richness. I threw in 1/2 cup of
dry roasted peanuts (for 4 cups of soup). Voila. Rich.