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All I ever eat are "Lean Cuisine" meals (mostly because I'm too lazy to cook
low-calorie, low-fat meals that taste good), and there is one, "Chicken Fettuccini With Caramelized Apples" that I buy almost exclusive for the Caramelized Apples. I'd love to be able to make those myself, but wouldn't be able to eat something high in sugar (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Caramelized Apples that doesn't call for lots of sugar (or that can have a sugar substitute instead)? -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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"CatNipped" wrote Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Caramelized Apples that doesn't call for lots of sugar (or that can have a sugar substitute instead)? Try substituting barley malt syrup (tastes like brown sugar but isn't nearly as concentrated, sugar-wise) for the brown sugar. http://www.edenfoods.com/store/produ...ucts_id=104050 A small amount of salt and lemon juice helps bring out the natural sweetness of apples. I haven't tried this Lean C. meal, but I assume you won't be using whole apples and baking will be involved, so apply the lemon/salt mixture to the chopped apples first, then add the barley malt syrup, prior to baking. HTH |
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"Pat" wrote in message
... "CatNipped" wrote Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Caramelized Apples that doesn't call for lots of sugar (or that can have a sugar substitute instead)? Try substituting barley malt syrup (tastes like brown sugar but isn't nearly as concentrated, sugar-wise) for the brown sugar. http://www.edenfoods.com/store/produ...ucts_id=104050 A small amount of salt and lemon juice helps bring out the natural sweetness of apples. I haven't tried this Lean C. meal, but I assume you won't be using whole apples and baking will be involved, so apply the lemon/salt mixture to the chopped apples first, then add the barley malt syrup, prior to baking. HTH Thanks, I'll have to give that a try. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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On 2006-06-13, CatNipped penned:
(and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Lori, I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sugar is pretty low in calories. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
... On 2006-06-13, CatNipped penned: (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Lori, I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sugar is pretty low in calories. *REALLY*!!????? I never knew that. I was partly going by my reaction to sugar (which these dinners don't give me) - being gawd-awful sick. But I truly didn't know that sugar was low in calories. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
... On 2006-06-13, CatNipped penned: (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Lori, I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sugar is pretty low in calories. Ah, I found the calorie content of sugar: Sugar (Serving size) Calories Table Sugar, 1 level teaspoon (4g) 15 Table Sugar, 1 heaped teaspoon (6g) 25 Table Sugar, 1 cup 770 And all the recipes I found called for 2 cups of sugar. Since I'm on a 1200 calorie a day diet (when I bicycle for 1 hour a day, less if I don't), this wouldn't work for me (no, I *can't* eat just a little! ;). I like things *sweet*! I use Splenda in my coffee, but I put in *three tablespoons* before it's sweet enough for me (that's 0 calories for Splenda, but would be 225 calories for sugar!!!) :-0 -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... All I ever eat are "Lean Cuisine" meals (mostly because I'm too lazy to cook low-calorie, low-fat meals that taste good), and there is one, "Chicken Fettuccini With Caramelized Apples" that I buy almost exclusive for the Caramelized Apples. I'd love to be able to make those myself, but wouldn't be able to eat something high in sugar (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Caramelized Apples that doesn't call for lots of sugar (or that can have a sugar substitute instead)? I'd guess there is enough sugar in a lot of apples to caramelize just by baking. A lot of times I'll peel and slice apples like I was going to bake a pie and just put them in a baking dish with a bit of apple pie seasoning, a tiny bit of salt and some sprinkled on Splenda if the apples are tart. I use the brown sugar splenda for this if I have it around. Then I bake them kind of slow (maybe 325) and stir once in a while to keep the top moist and keep an eye on them cause I really don't know how long they take to get done. Jo |
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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
. com... "CatNipped" wrote in message ... All I ever eat are "Lean Cuisine" meals (mostly because I'm too lazy to cook low-calorie, low-fat meals that taste good), and there is one, "Chicken Fettuccini With Caramelized Apples" that I buy almost exclusive for the Caramelized Apples. I'd love to be able to make those myself, but wouldn't be able to eat something high in sugar (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Does anyone out there have a good recipe for Caramelized Apples that doesn't call for lots of sugar (or that can have a sugar substitute instead)? I'd guess there is enough sugar in a lot of apples to caramelize just by baking. A lot of times I'll peel and slice apples like I was going to bake a pie and just put them in a baking dish with a bit of apple pie seasoning, a tiny bit of salt and some sprinkled on Splenda if the apples are tart. I use the brown sugar splenda for this if I have it around. Then I bake them kind of slow (maybe 325) and stir once in a while to keep the top moist and keep an eye on them cause I really don't know how long they take to get done. Jo Wow! First of all, I didn't know they made brown sugar Splenda!! Second, I didn't think about baking the apples - all the recipes I had said to caramelize the sugar in a saucepan then add the apples. I will definitely try this, it sounds like it would work better than the recipes I found, thanks!! -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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CatNipped wrote:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2006-06-13, CatNipped penned: (and all the recipes I've seen for it are almost all sugar). I'm sure Lean Cuisine manages to do it without a lot of sugar or it wouldn't be as low in calories as it is. Lori, I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sugar is pretty low in calories. Ah, I found the calorie content of sugar: Sugar (Serving size) Calories Table Sugar, 1 level teaspoon (4g) 15 Table Sugar, 1 heaped teaspoon (6g) 25 Table Sugar, 1 cup 770 And all the recipes I found called for 2 cups of sugar. Since I'm on a 1200 calorie a day diet (when I bicycle for 1 hour a day, less if I don't), this wouldn't work for me (no, I *can't* eat just a little! ;). I like things *sweet*! I use Splenda in my coffee, but I put in *three tablespoons* before it's sweet enough for me (that's 0 calories for Splenda, but would be 225 calories for sugar!!!) :-0 I used to take sugar in my tea and coffee. I gave it up when I was around 16. It only took 2 weeks or so to lose the taste for it. I can tell now if someone has used a spoon that has had sugar on it recently to stir my drink. Ugh. I cannot eat chocolate, cakes or biscuits any more nor any desserts. Too sweet. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote I used to take sugar in my tea and coffee. I gave it up when I was around 16. It only took 2 weeks or so to lose the taste for it. I can tell now if someone has used a spoon that has had sugar on it recently to stir my drink. Ugh. I cannot eat chocolate, cakes or biscuits any more nor any desserts. Too sweet. I quit sugar around the same age. I can handle grain syrups (except corn) in small amounts, but those artificial sweeteners I wouldn't touch with a 100' pole. They're 1000s of times sweeter than white sugar. I once accidentally ingested a bit of aspartame, and the next morning I felt like I was gonna turn inside out. Never again! |
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