Sun, Nov-16-03, 02:19
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Senior Member
Posts: 8,545
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Plan: HCG/LCHF
Stats: 224/201/190
BF:
Progress: 68%
Location: Lower Mainland, BC, Canad
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Here you go.. good luck!
MOCK APPLE CRISP Makes 6 servings. 5 carbs per serving.
Ingredients:
16 oz diced zucchini approx. (see note)
3 cups sugar-free apple cider mix (1 pkt of the dry mix made with 3 cups water)
1 Tablespoon SplendaŽ
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1/3 cup pecan meal (or coarse almond meal)
3/4 cup SplendaŽ
2 teaspoons Brown Sugar TwinŽ *
1 Tablespoon melted butter
2 teaspoons sugar free vanilla extract
cinnamon to taste
Combine zucchini and liquid (pre-made) cider mix in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until zucchini is translucent (about 1 hour) - at this point the zucchini will have taken on the taste of apples. (Zucchini have little of their own flavor and are willing to mimic other tastes with a bit of prodding. They will look and smell like them too!)
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Remove from heat and place in well buttered baking dish. Mix 1 Tablespoon Splenda and xanthan gum and quickly and evenly stir into zucchini. In separate bowl, mix pecan meal and 3/4 cup Splenda. Add Brown Sugar Twin. Stir into melted butter and add extract. Spread over top of zucchini and sprinkle cinnamon as desired. Bake 15-20 min. or until top is brown and mixture is bubbly!
Note: Allow enough zucchini so that you can discard the center "seeded" parts - they keep the dish from mimicking apples. The best way to prepare the zucchini is to peel well, slice in half. Then stand each half on its flat end and cut downward to edge of seeded center, turning a quarter turn each time so you have four strips of zucchini flesh without seeds. Repeat for all zucchini and discard seed centers and peelings. Then dice zucchini flesh into cubes that look just like diced apples.
* Canadian Brown Sugar Twin tastes better than the American (saccharin) version.
Note: This dish is good both hot and cold (and you'll see it's different both ways) and is great served with a dollop of fresh whipped cream, a splash of cold liquid cream, or served next to a scoop of low-carb vanilla ice cream.
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Here is another one, using jicama:
Mock Stewed Cinnamon Apples (Jicama)
Serves: 4-6 depending on size
Prep Time: about 30 mins
Ingredients:
1 jicama
1 diet cream soda
2-3 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp cinnamon
1 pkt diet apple cider mix
juice from 1/2 lemon
1 cup water
pinch salt
How to Prepare:
Peel jicama and slice into bite-sized pieces. Melt butter in skillet and add jicama slices and diet cream soda, cinnamon, lemon juice, and pinch of salt. Stir and let this cook down over low heat until most of moisture is evaporated. Add water and cook down again until thick. The jicama will not get as tender as apples, but you cannot tell difference in taste. You could use this as a side dish for a country-style meal, top with a sweetened crushed nut mixture and bake for a dessert, or serve with lc ice cream or pancakes. If using a medium jicama that makes about 3 cups when sliced, the whole recipe will be 24g carbs total. (51g carbs - 27g fiber)
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