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arabella
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Low-Fat Living?
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Oct 20 08:07 UTC 1992 |
Since people have started talking about low-fat cooking in another
item, it seemed appropriate to have an item specifically geared
to low-fat cooking and other tips for paring down the fat in your
diet.
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arabella
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response 1 of 38:
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Oct 20 08:09 UTC 1992 |
I'd like to hear what other people put on bread and bagels and
such if they don't use butter (or margarine)... I know bread
(esp. whole grain bread) is a wonderful addition to the diet,
but lots of butter is *not*, yet I really love bread with butter.
Help!
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shf
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response 2 of 38:
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Oct 20 10:21 UTC 1992 |
Try jelly only; no fat.
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chelsea
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response 3 of 38:
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Oct 20 12:39 UTC 1992 |
Sliced bananas and a drizzle of honey. Add a few sunflower
seeds and you have breakfast. The butter or margarine isn't
missed at all. I've also developed a fondness for the fake
cream cheese products; they're not fat-free but they are much
lower.
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shf
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response 4 of 38:
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Oct 20 20:40 UTC 1992 |
There are also no-fat cheese food products. They don't taste like cheese,but
they are something rather than nothing.
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chelsea
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response 5 of 38:
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Oct 21 00:37 UTC 1992 |
I was at Williams-Sonoma today while they were doing a demo-tasting
of a pecan pumpkin butter spread. The ingredients: pumpkin, sugar,
lemon juice, pecan and spices. That's it, so other than whatever
fat is naturally in the pecans there shouldn't be much to count.
I tried it spread on a piece of whole wheat bread and it was
very tasty, enough so that I purchased a 14 ounce jar for $6.50.
Some of this same spread had been added to bread which was
brewing in their bread machine but I didn't stay around to taste it.
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headdoc
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response 6 of 38:
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Oct 22 20:24 UTC 1992 |
Just this PM I bought no fat Philly Cream Cheese (whipped) at Merchant of
Vino and spread on a multigrain dark bread, it was quite good. I fantasized
the real Phildelphia Cream Cheese taste and just about made it. Those
of us who adore cheese really have a hard time reducing fat intake but
maybe P&G's "simplesse" when its in production with the right spices, will
be a good substitute. Of course, in a few years they'll discover that
low fat diets cause warts.
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mistik
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response 7 of 38:
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Oct 23 04:31 UTC 1992 |
Almost warts, but not quite. You may notice your skin getting rougher, and
there might be hardened fat (I don't know what you call them) coming out
of your skin pores after accumulating there for a while. I think most women
are familiar with the process of cleaning that with certain cosmetics anyway.
But the lowered fat intake seems to create more of the hardened kind of it.
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chelsea
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response 8 of 38:
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Jan 16 21:53 UTC 1993 |
Today I purchased one of those cone-shaped filters which are used
to drain moisture from yogurt leaving behind something that's more
the consistency of a thick sour cream or cream cheese. I've tasted
a spinach dip that was made using this condensed yogurt and it was very
good. Has anyone had any experience with this product?
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danr
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response 9 of 38:
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Jan 16 22:03 UTC 1993 |
No. Where did you get it?
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chelsea
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response 10 of 38:
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Jan 17 01:33 UTC 1993 |
Kitchen Port, $9.95. Think I'll try it out tomorrow with orange
and poppyseed muffins - the recipe calls for sour cream and I'll
substitute this yogurt cheese.
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mythago
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response 11 of 38:
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Jan 18 18:45 UTC 1993 |
I haven't used it personally, but two dairy-fiend friends of mine
have, and recommend them highly.
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chelsea
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response 12 of 38:
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Jan 18 21:45 UTC 1993 |
Well, I ended up making Dried Cherry muffins instead, adding a full
cup of yogurt cheese instead of buttermilk, and decreasing the amount
of oil. They came out quite good, with what I'd describe as a sour
cream-like tartness.
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arabella
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response 13 of 38:
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Jan 21 07:49 UTC 1993 |
I've never used the special cone things... I've been making
yogurt cheese for years using a colander lined with plain
white paper towels. works great! I've used this stuff as
a substitute for mayo in several cold bean and rice type
salads (I despise mayo). It works very well. It's also
nice as a substitute for sour cream on top of chili and the
like.
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mcnally
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response 14 of 38:
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Jan 21 15:47 UTC 1993 |
I thought that this sort of thing was what cheesecloth was for..
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mta
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response 15 of 38:
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Jan 31 17:31 UTC 1993 |
That's what I've always used, Mike.
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arabella
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response 16 of 38:
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Feb 1 11:37 UTC 1993 |
Cheesecloth is great, if you have some. Most of the times that I
get inspired to make yogurt cheese, I don't have any cheesecloth.
I actually have some on hand right now, since I bought it
especially for a recipe.
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chelsea
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response 17 of 38:
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Feb 1 13:09 UTC 1993 |
Well, I'd never heard of this until recently and am pleased with
this filter cone. When the cheese is done the cone gets popped into
the dishwasher until the next time it's needed. When the yogurt cheese
is mixed with a little cinnamon sugar it's especially nice on thick
toast or bagels. So far I've been using it up fast enough that it
hasn't gone bad. How long will yogurt cheese keep, refrigerated?
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arabella
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response 18 of 38:
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Feb 10 05:51 UTC 1993 |
I've had some in the past that lasted for several weeks... It may
have gotten a bit sourer toward the end, though I'm not sure.
I just got a Graham Kerr catalog, and he sells a yogurt strainer.
Looks interesting. I might order one, just to avoid using up
paper towels.
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headdoc
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response 19 of 38:
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Feb 10 23:55 UTC 1993 |
Speaking of low fat foods. . .I sent to H & H Bagels in NYC for three dozen
of the World's Best Bagels and they were delivered to my house in less than
24 hours. They are low fat but when one eats three or four at a sitting, I
guess that doesn't much matter. Let me tell you folks, for low fat these are
heaven. Even with lowfat cream cheese.
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popcorn
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response 20 of 38:
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Feb 14 08:37 UTC 1993 |
my mom lives one block away from H & H bagels.
definitely a yummy neighborhood to grow up in!
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tom67
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response 21 of 38:
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Nov 8 19:59 UTC 1994 |
Would someone else please start a more up-to-date Fate Free Item? I would
be interested in reading and/or contributing to it...er Fat Free!
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kentn
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response 22 of 38:
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Nov 8 20:51 UTC 1994 |
Why not just add responses to this item? Having two or more items
about the same subject is confusing. Just because there hasn't been
any activity for several months doesn't mean you can't revive this item,
either.
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popcorn
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response 23 of 38:
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Nov 8 21:13 UTC 1994 |
Definitely!
Tom - you also might want to see the "Updating recipes for the 1990's"
item, if you haven't run across it already. It's got some discussion
of low-fat recipe modifications, etc.
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remmers
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response 24 of 38:
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Nov 8 22:08 UTC 1994 |
Fat Free items are fine for the cooking conference, but Fate Free items
belong in enigma.
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