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You can decide on the types of desserts you want to be informed about. I have been posting some new recipes on the website. I would like to know if I am on the right track in providing everyone with the dessert information you want to hear about.


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Even though I am pro a healthy lifestyle I also believe in everything in moderation and when it comes to dessert prefer full blown sugar recipes :-)


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Key Lime, you are my hero! I will try the fat free soon and see what I think.

Fat free is always good. Depending on the dessert it is a toss up for me on the sugar. I don't like them as sweet, even sugar in my coffee is too sweet, but a sweet dessert with a mildly sweetened coffee...well yum then.



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I have to agree with Jill - when it comes to dessert full sugar recipes! I would rather have smaller serving than lower fat/lower sugar dessert - they never seem the same when modified.

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I'd like to see all kinds too. We usually have low sugar desserts at home but I love to make fancy desserts for special occasions or holidays. I don't see anything wrong with splurging once in a while either.

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LOL see I go the opposite way. I have weaned myself off of sugar so I just don't enjoy a high sugar dessert. I would much rather go for a natural dessert like something with fresh raspberries, or maybe a cheese platter. Dark chocolate has lots of antioxidants and little sugar.


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Hi, Shelley,

Any new "lower carb" dessert ideas? Lisa has ice cream and some others on her low carb site here, but I was wondering if you had any ideas for all of us trying to lose weight by cutting down on sweets & starches?

And, I'm interested in smaller portions, too--I live alone now and making a whole anything sweet is just asking for me to eat it all! LOL

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I'm trying to find more lower-carb desserts, too.

Healthier versions of "real" desserts are iffy... sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. I'm not a fan of substitute sugars or artificial ingredients, and sometimes lower-carb flours have a terrible texture! (Rice flour -- BLECK! LOL!) Usually i'd rather just cut back on the sugar and eat a smaller piece than have a dessert with artificial or inferior ingredients. So i guess i'd like to eat more fruit desserts and light desserts, but if i get a craving for cheesecake, some "healthy" version with geletin and artificial sweetener is NOT going to do!... to be honest, i wouldn't even want to eat it! But i've found things like substituting pumpkin puree for oil and egg in chocolate cake... I love that!!! It's so moist and pleasant!

What do others think?

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I've found that when I have a MAJOR craving for something sweet, eating a small portion of something of good quality (like a truffle from Godiva) satisfies that craving a lot more than cheaper stuff (like a Hershey's bar).

But, chocolate is not a great example, because there are some really good sugar free ones out there - Russel Stover's sugar free chocolates (especially the french mint) are very good.

But like you were saying about the cheesecake - it's much more satisfying to get a really good piece and share it with my husband than to get a low fat or low sugar version and feel cheated - and then I'm still left with a craving - sometimes an even worse one.


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hahahaha! I'm glad i'm not the only one who's not crazy about Hershey's, i was afraid i was being "un-American," lol. laugh

One thing that i did that has worked wonderfully was i purchased half-sized cake and cheesecake pans, and all the dessert recipes i use i converted to half-sized recipes. Usually when i get a craving, i'm satisfied with much less and i don't want the extra stuff hanging around tempting me. Even like birthday cakes or having company over... a lot of times if i make half a recipe, everyone gets a slice but we eat up the whole cake so there are no leftovers.

Well, we probably all have a favorite dessert (favorite downfall, lol). What is it, and do you usually make your favorite dessert, or do you usually buy it? (i'm asking everyone).

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For low fat, I like to put a serving of fat free, chocolate pudding in the freezer, let it thaw slightly and add a tablespoon of whipped cream. I suppose I could do without the whipped cream, but it makes the dessert seem more indulgent and satisfying.

My favorite full blown sugar dessert at the moment is the Key Lime Pie from Bonefish Grill. It is amazing!




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Sugar...And a Key Lime Pie recipe. Even better, Key Lime Cheesecake.

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I LOVE Key lime pie and best of all, it's easy to make. I always bring a bottle of Key lime juice back with me from Key West and make a pie for any occasion.
I tried a new wrinkle last month and it was very successful. When the pie shell and filling came out of the oven I put a layer of chocolate chips on it and then spread the meringue over and put it back to bake the rest of the way. Yum!
Everything is better with chocolate!
BTW, I use fat-free sweetened condensed milk in the recipe and feel very virtuous.

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Claybird,
Is it the Nellie and Joe's Key Lime Juice with the recipe on the bottle?
Thanks

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I bake/make most sweets with a 50/50 split of sugar and Splenda. Of course, the combo doesn't work with all products. Sometimes I use more sugar than Splenda; and sometimes I use pure Splenda. I don't like baking with Sweet N Low (aftertaste).

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