Hi GB desserts

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Donna,

 

I do like sweet things. I was mostly teasing Deanna. I f she was inviting

all of us over, I think we should know what is for dessert. Those peanut butter

cups of hers do sound good. Does Deanna just melt chocolate in a muffin tin and

then mix peanut butter with sweetener and then add a final layer of melted

chocolate?

 

I saw a link on this site for the Vegan Lunch Box. It was really quite an

impressive blog. I was intrigued by the Vegan Twinkies. I never licked

Twinkies when I was a kid and since I really look at food labels for

nonvegetarian additives, chemicals, fructose and white sugar, etc. I could

never get near them now. Her recipe did look good though and the picture looked

exactly like a real Twinkie. I got the ingredients. I did not have enough time

to make them a few days ago so I asked my wife to do it. I told her to be sure

to beat the ingredients. She made them but they wwere lucky to be 3/4 inch

high( in a muffin tin). She has ahabit of improvising, which is not

necessarily a bad trait. However, you have to have some idea of the cheemistry

involved and what you can get away with. for instance, it is extremely hard to

mess up a soup because they are so forgiving. It is extremely easy to mess up

making hard or soft candy because it is so exacting. Her " Twinkies " did

taste good but were not as light as they should be. She sometimes makes

burgers and thinks that you can just take leftovers like oatmeal and a few

veggies and they will come out like Gardenburgers. Sometimes, she will bake and

ot didn't turn out quite right. I'll ask her " What did you substitute? " She

will say nothing and then I'll have her list the ingredients she used and it

will be sometthing like stevia instead of sugar. That can change the recipe a

lot. I'll try that Twinkie recipe again soon.

 

GB

 

 

 

 

 

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Jo,

 

Whipped cream can be good. Sometimes, I flavor mine with cinnamon. Are you

talking about those very high speed mixers for whipped cream? Where do you get

them? Right now, I use a Vita Mix for a blender but I don't think it makes

whipped cream out of skim milk. I is a pain to get the stuff at the bottom by

the blades.

 

GB

Re: Hi GB desserts

 

would glady settle for bowls and bowls and bowls of whipped cream --

actually can make some great stuff using skimmed milk at the right

temperature with one of those whipper thingies --

 

wish I could find pineapple pudding and make pineapple chiffon pies

like my mom feed me as a kid -- Pepperidge Farms use to make an

interesting cake --

 

oh dear now I am really in the mood for strawberry shortcake -- gotta

get some nutrition --

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I really have to keep good control or I can eat sweets for hours.

I find that making a sweet bread and freezing it in slices helps me. I will

enjoy a slice a day instead of half the loaf. I do the same thing with cookies,

freeze them by twos.

I don't usually sub too much when I bake, I know it's easy to wreck a cake.

I'm good with sweet breads, have made them for so many years that if I want to

sub a fruit for another fruit I can pretty much tell what's going to work for

me.

Donna

 

Guru Khalsa <greatyoga wrote:

Donna,

 

I do like sweet things.

 

 

 

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