Snapple: "healthy juices" or just loads of sugar and water?

"Ignoramus1857" wrote
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I bet with fresh (meaning not boiled) fruits the pancakes will taste
even better. Definitely give it a try, I will try it one day too.

i

Sure! I've shredded fresh apples into pancakes for years. Yummy!

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"Ignoramus1857" wrote
you can mash fresh squash in the blender. no need to bake/boil. The
pancakes with squash added taste awesome. Tried and true recipe, not
some recent kooky invention.

i

I think baking gives an additional nutty, roasted flavor to butternut
squash. If I was using zucchini, I'd just shred it raw.

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Ignoramus21432 wrote:
on overly sweet foods.

We boil fruits to make a sweet drink (without sugar) for our son.

My kids like the fresh or frozen fruit smoothies I make for them.
I take a whole banana (preferably frozen - I peel an overripe banana and
then stick it in the freezer), a few fresh berries, a "dollop" of plain
yogurt, and blend. It contains no refined sugar, and the freshness
of the fruit is still there.

If I use a fresh (not frozen) banana, then I use frozen berries to
complement the banana. It gives it a milkshake feel.

It's possible also to forego the yogurt for those who don't do dairy,
and just do a bit of water, until the blender can process the food
without growling at you

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"Jayjay" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:58:27 -0400, "Beverly"
wrote:


"rosie readandpost" wrote in message
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We boil fruits to make a sweet drink (without sugar) for our son.
In
Russian it is calle "kompot". Just a bunch of fruits that you boil
for
a while -- apples, pears, prunes, whatever you have. We used to
throw
the fruits away and used the drink only. I tried mashing the
fruits
in
a blender, adding flour and an egg, and making pancakes out of it.
The
result tasted great, my son ate like 5 pancakes in a row. (he is
not
a
big eater and is 2 years old)



what a TERRIFIC idea!
i am constantly throwing away fruit that is "going
south".....................
i bet i could mash and freeze until needed.


By the time I discover my fruit shoved behind something in the fridge
it's
gone a lot farther than southg


I love my new fridge for that... the fruit bin is clear in the front
and on top. So I can see whatever is in there.

Mine are clear too but when people take things out and put them under or
behind something else it's a little hard to find them Besides we eat
out more than we do at home so I'm not in the fridge all the time.

"JayJay" wrote in message
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Its the Betty crocker recipe. Right out of the book, but subbing the
flour
and sugar for whole wheat and splenda. Everything else equal.


Betty Crocker is one cookbook I don't have

JayJay wrote:

there's a snapple without sugar? is that possible?

My absolute favorite is Snapple "Just Plain Tea". It has caffeine, flavor
and no sweeteners (and hence no calories). I love it. I can't find it
anywhere. It's not even sold with the diet Snapple stuff for reasons that
elude me.

Wendy, who *hates* "sweet tea"

Ignoramus21432 wrote:
We boil fruits to make a sweet drink (without sugar) for our son. In
Russian it is calle "kompot". Just a bunch of fruits that you boil for
a while -- apples, pears, prunes, whatever you have.

My grandmother came from a family of Russian Jew heritage. She used to
make "compote" by throwing leftover bits of fruit in a glass jar with rum
on top of it. We'd put it on top of ice cream or cereal.

I haven't thought of that in years. I wonder if she spelled it
"kompot" and I just didn't realize it?

Wendy

Wendy wrote:

My absolute favorite is Snapple "Just Plain Tea". It has caffeine, flavor
and no sweeteners (and hence no calories). I love it. I can't find it
anywhere. It's not even sold with the diet Snapple stuff for reasons that
elude me.

Wendy, who *hates* "sweet tea"

I hear ya. I've heard of commercial iced teas on other groups being
called "brown lemonade", and it's pretty much what it is. It's so
sickeningly sweet.

I make my own iced tea with those new fangled things they have in
stores ... I think they're called "teabags" ;-) Steep the tea until
done, refrigerate, add a small lemon twist.

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"Crafting Mom" wrote
I make my own iced tea with those new fangled things they have in
stores ... I think they're called "teabags" ;-) Steep the tea until
done, refrigerate, add a small lemon twist.



What kind of fanatic are you!? ;-)

I suppose you use tap water too. Where will the lunacy end?

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SnugBear wrote:


"Crafting Mom" wrote
I make my own iced tea with those new fangled things they have in
stores ... I think they're called "teabags" ;-) Steep the tea until
done, refrigerate, add a small lemon twist.



What kind of fanatic are you!? ;-)

I suppose you use tap water too. Where will the lunacy end?

Guilty as charged
/prepares to get locked up.... oh oh wait....
I *do* use a nice bottle of Aquafina if I am out and I am thirsty.
Will that keep me out of the loonie bin?

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Modified WOL since spring '02 || Weight at start: over 250 lb
Today's weight: 180.5 lb || Goal/Maintenance: 140 lb