diluting heavy cream

I saw a reference to diluting heavy cream with water to approximate
milk. I'd like to try that and see if I can make a low-carb carbonara
sauce. Any tips on how much water to mix with the cream?

I ordered some of Dana Carpender's books today, I'm really looking
forward to them. I'd like to be able to make dishes that both Joe
(non-diabetic or even LC) and I can eat together. Less work for me,
as he is impossible in the kitchen, plus I know sometimes he feels
guilty about eating things that I can no longer have.



Leigh

--
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. - D. Duck

Sorry to follow-up to my own post, but with a different Google search
I found a post from 2001 by Nicole K which reads:

Try diluting heavy cream with water - 2 or 3 parts water to 1 part cream,
and adding a drop or two of liquid sweetener for a decent milk substitute.

Nicole K, if you're still reading, thanks!



Leigh

--
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. - D. Duck

Leigh Melton wrote:
:: I saw a reference to diluting heavy cream with water to approximate
:: milk. I'd like to try that and see if I can make a low-carb
:: carbonara sauce. Any tips on how much water to mix with the cream?


Carbonara sauce?.....that just sounds so wrong!

::
:: I ordered some of Dana Carpender's books today, I'm really looking
:: forward to them. I'd like to be able to make dishes that both Joe
:: (non-diabetic or even LC) and I can eat together. Less work for me,
:: as he is impossible in the kitchen, plus I know sometimes he feels
:: guilty about eating things that I can no longer have.
::
::
::
:: Leigh
::
:: --
:: Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. - D. Duck

Leigh Melton wrote:

I saw a reference to diluting heavy cream with water to approximate
milk. I'd like to try that and see if I can make a low-carb carbonara
sauce. Any tips on how much water to mix with the cream?

None. Carbonara is a cream based sauce in its original
versions. Switching it to milk was a variation attempting to
reduce the fat. Switch to a recipe that uses cream.

What are you putting the sauce on? It should work on
spagetti squash.

I ordered some of Dana Carpender's books today, I'm really looking
forward to them. I'd like to be able to make dishes that both Joe
(non-diabetic or even LC) and I can eat together. Less work for me,
as he is impossible in the kitchen, plus I know sometimes he feels
guilty about eating things that I can no longer have.

It should not be hard to accomidate someone who is not a
low carber at home. Feed him the same food and if he
wants more carbs make either potatoes or rice. But wait
for him to ask - He may be happy with your low carb food
and you're done. Folks who don't have any weight to lose
generally don't lose if they switch to low carb.

Not necessarily so, when I started low carbing my SO lost weight. I had to
make a point to add some potatoes and rice to his meals. He has never been
the slightest bit overweight and forgets to eat when he gets busy. He
doesn't like breadstuffs or desserts and isn't much of a snacker--though he
does like pork rinds, sort of a natural low carber.

In oups.com,
Doug Freyburger stated

| It should not be hard to accomidate someone who is not a
| low carber at home. Feed him the same food and if he
| wants more carbs make either potatoes or rice. But wait
| for him to ask - He may be happy with your low carb food
| and you're done. Folks who don't have any weight to lose
| generally don't lose if they switch to low carb.

On 9 May 2006 12:02:26 -0700, "Doug Freyburger"
wrote:

What are you putting the sauce on? It should work on
spagetti squash.

Dreamfields Linguine.

Joe does not eat vegetables other than starches. I have no idea how
he stays alive. He eats a salad before dinner about twice a year.
Meat, cheese, bread and tomato sauce are the basic food groups for
him. And Peeps. I've tried putting vegetables (like peas) in
casseroles and he picks them out with his fork.

So spaghetti squash is a non-starter, I'm afraid. We tried the
Dreamfields spaghetti and he says he can taste a slight difference
from regular pasta but liked it okay. So I'm sticking with that for
now. I had no BG problems after eating it last week, according to my
meter.



Leigh

--
Consequences, shmonsequences, as long as I'm rich. - D. Duck

Leigh Melton wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

What are you putting the sauce on? It should work on
spagetti squash.

Dreamfields Linguine.

You believe their claims? Your choice. I don't. My choice.

Joe does not eat vegetables other than starches.

Ah. A child when it comes to food. Not your job to push him
into growing up!

x=no-archive: yes

wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:

You believe their claims? Your choice. I don't. My choice.


She doesn't have to believe their claims. She said:


I had no BG problems after eating it last week, according to my
meter.


She can certainly believe her meter.

In fact, her life and health depend on her doing so.


Definitely.

But it behooves any diabetic eating that stuff to keep testing for up to
five hours. Many of us have found a very late and long spike by doing so.

Many others have no problem with it.

Susan

Leigh Melton wrote:

Joe does not eat vegetables other than starches. I have no idea how
he stays alive. He eats a salad before dinner about twice a year.
Meat, cheese, bread and tomato sauce are the basic food groups for
him. And Peeps. I've tried putting vegetables (like peas) in
casseroles and he picks them out with his fork.

My husband was like that. He grew up in a bakery! Then, as a single
guy, he lived for years on PB&J, Kraft macaroni & cheese, and other
crap - almost no real food. I dunno how he didn't die of malnutrition
the decades before I met him.

He still eats some crap, but he eats a lot more real food than he used
to. It's sorta been gradual over time. If I haven't offered him a
salad lately, sometimes he even asks for one.

When my daughter was little, I discovered I could get her to eat
veggies by hiding them under cheese sauce. Didn't work for hubby.
But... soy sauce with fresh ginger and garlic work. Basically,
anything I fry with fresh ginger and garlic and top with soy sauce,
he'll eat. One of his favorite foods now is my hamburger/cabbage
stirfry. Probably gets more vitamin C in a dinner I cook than he did
in a month when he was single.

I've also discovered he's more *lazy* about food than anything else.
Like... he doesn't think of eating until he's hungry, then just goes
looking for something fast. So I keep a bowl of fruit on the table -
apples, bananas, pears... stuff I know he likes.

I do buy junk food for him too, and he's not eating anything like an
ideal diet, but it's miles better than when we married. Sometimes, he
actually *chooses* good food over junk, of his own free will and
everything.

He complained a while back that my famous butterscotch zucchini cake
that he's loved for years was too sweet! Bahahahaha! Man grew up on
leftover cake and finds a *vegetable* based cake too sweet. I love it.
Heh.

I am gradually tricking him into eating better.

Breakfast, I mostly eat my hot flax cereal, some cottage cheese, some
fruit. He usually eats some prepackaged cereal or freezer waffles and
sometimes some fruit.

If I'm actually cooking breakfast, it's some sort of meat, some sort of
eggs, and I just add some toast for him. Like maybe a cream cheese and
chive omelet, or a sausage and cheese quiche or a veggie frittata or
whatever. The main thang is not starchy and he can have some starch on
the side.

Lunch, he usually does nukable leftovers or a sandwich, I do a salad.

He will not eat nearly as much volume of produce as I do nor nearly the
variety. Since I'm not willing to never eat artichokes again... I
plan veggies mostly based on what I want. If it's something he'll eat
too, fine. If not... I buy a lot of those flavored noodle and rice
packs that cook in 10-15 minutes. When I'm fixing veggies he doesn't
like, I make him some noodles or rice as his side dish and just have
the veggies myself.

It's really not that different than cooking dinner pre low-carb... I
still cook meat, veggies and a starch. Just fewer casserole-type
things cause the starch isn't going on *my* plate.

He's recently become enamored of my low-carb pizzas. I consider it a
meal when I'm too tired or busy to actually cook, not "real" cooking,
but he's gotta hooked on them. Basically, I take a low-carb tortilla,
put it in a cast-iron skillet, throw on a bit of sauce and a bunch of
cheese then cover with pepperoni and throw in the oven for 10 minutes
until it melts... the tortilla crisps up like an extra-thin crust. He
asked me if I could make some "good" ones... with mushrooms and onions
and bell peppers and stuff. Heh. Asking for vegetables! Gotta love
it.

"FOB" wrote in message
et...
when I started low carbing my SO lost weight.

Too bad it work for you also.