Anyone have a recepie for low carb dessert w/o artificial sweeteners??

Bethany · 08-01-2003, 03:30 AM

I was hoping someone might have a receipe for a low or low-ish carb dessert (muffins, cookies) that doesn't contain artificial sweetners. Maybe using fruit to sweeten it??

I am pregnant & trying to avoid getting Gestational Diabetes by eating lower carb, but I have such an awful sweet tooth!!
And b/c I am pg I don't want to eat large amounts of artificial sweetners.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Tas · 08-01-2003, 08:22 PM

Berries with unsweetened whipped cream or natural yoghurt.

kadb27 · 08-01-2003, 08:29 PM

Sugar free jello with Reddi whip (aerosol whipped cream... very LOW carbs) has been my salvation...

good luck!
karen

DoorInward · 08-03-2003, 10:15 PM

kadb27: SF Jello has aspartame.

I am a splenda eater, but if you really want to avoid them and still eat things that are somewhat sweet, stick to fruit--especially berries. If you want to eat your strawberries with whipped cream, there is no reason you can't add a teaspoon (4.5g carb) of brown sugar to the cream before whipping.

As for using fruit as a sweetener, just avoid bottled or canned juices which are very bad for people with IR (the concentrations of fructose are too high).

ak82 · 08-03-2003, 10:58 PM

You can make apple crisp or blueberry crisp without the sugar. Just put fruit on the bottom of a casserole dish and top it off with a mixture of rolled oats, bran, protein powder, butter and cinnamon. The fruit makes it sweet enough, especially if you use blueberries.