I made some ice cream today that did not set me off and I actually enjoyed it with a zero sugar A&W Root Beer. I found that all these store bought no sugar, low sugar, carb smart ice creams contain either a sugar alcohols like Sirbitol, Ethytol, or some other “OL”, or stevia or Munk fruit. All of which I found out can upset the guy and it does for me. Sucralose and Aspertame do not bother me in the slightest. But I could not find ice cream that utilized that as a sweetener. So I set out and found and tried the following recipe today.
2 cups milk (I used Whole and it turned out creamy, could also use unsweetened almond milk etc also)
2 cups heavy whipping cream (Silk, Califia are a couple non dairy alternatives, can also use coconut cream just whip a little more to airate)
3/4 cup Splenda (this seemed pretty sweet but soda balanced it pretty well) I’m going to try 1/2 cup next time.
2tsp Vanilla extract (or whatever flavoring cherry, Ube, lemon)
Also note: you can scale the milk and cream pretty easy given manufactures no longer offer heavy cream in 32oz containers (28oz)
gently whisk it together with a wire whisk and pour into ice cream maker. I use a Cuisinart and I just set my timer for 30 min and came back with nice thick soft serve. Scooped most of it into a container to toss into the freezer. The harder stuff on the sides and bottom I scrapped into a glass with a couple scoops of the soft serve and enjoyed a float.
I do see the potential in this. I think with the 3/4 cup of Splenda one could toss in a scoop or two of unflavored protein powder or substitute most of the Splenda with like premier protein powder with sugar lose and chocolate in it.
could also add fruit (cherries, strawberries, nuts etc) maybe even take those thin low sugar Oreos, scrape the filing off them, crumble and toss in, sugar free syrups often used for coffee that have sucrose could be used to make a butter toffee pecan, (I’ve even found on Amazon, banana, mango, lychee etc)
I know many don’t want to go back to those pre-op tastes and many of us miss some of those. I’m in the boat that I really had no desire for sweets pre surgery and was not a big desert person. But when I want a treat I want it and I will try other smaller sweets with little or no satisfaction, often with an upset gut afterwards. I believe there are times when satisfying a long earned craving smartly and moving back on to the healthy diet is less harm. Than the alternative. At least for me it is where I need calories, I’ve lost about all the weight I Can without looking like I escaped a concentration camp.
2 cups milk (I used Whole and it turned out creamy, could also use unsweetened almond milk etc also)
2 cups heavy whipping cream (Silk, Califia are a couple non dairy alternatives, can also use coconut cream just whip a little more to airate)
3/4 cup Splenda (this seemed pretty sweet but soda balanced it pretty well) I’m going to try 1/2 cup next time.
2tsp Vanilla extract (or whatever flavoring cherry, Ube, lemon)
Also note: you can scale the milk and cream pretty easy given manufactures no longer offer heavy cream in 32oz containers (28oz)
gently whisk it together with a wire whisk and pour into ice cream maker. I use a Cuisinart and I just set my timer for 30 min and came back with nice thick soft serve. Scooped most of it into a container to toss into the freezer. The harder stuff on the sides and bottom I scrapped into a glass with a couple scoops of the soft serve and enjoyed a float.
I do see the potential in this. I think with the 3/4 cup of Splenda one could toss in a scoop or two of unflavored protein powder or substitute most of the Splenda with like premier protein powder with sugar lose and chocolate in it.
could also add fruit (cherries, strawberries, nuts etc) maybe even take those thin low sugar Oreos, scrape the filing off them, crumble and toss in, sugar free syrups often used for coffee that have sucrose could be used to make a butter toffee pecan, (I’ve even found on Amazon, banana, mango, lychee etc)
I know many don’t want to go back to those pre-op tastes and many of us miss some of those. I’m in the boat that I really had no desire for sweets pre surgery and was not a big desert person. But when I want a treat I want it and I will try other smaller sweets with little or no satisfaction, often with an upset gut afterwards. I believe there are times when satisfying a long earned craving smartly and moving back on to the healthy diet is less harm. Than the alternative. At least for me it is where I need calories, I’ve lost about all the weight I Can without looking like I escaped a concentration camp.
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