Fruit Desserts

[Gaelen]

Index of Fruit Desserts:


Balsamic Glazed Grilled Plums with Whipped Cream -- about 6g ECC per plum half; link to recipe from Rachael Ray's "30-minute Meals" TV show
Fruit and Seed Balls from Kevinpa -- about 1g protein, 1g ecc each
Peachy Cheesecake adaptation (link from cmcole)
Strawberry Creamsicles by cmcole - Per popsicle (based on 12): 1.9 ECC
Stuffed Roasted Strawberries with Chocolate Centers -- about 5g ECC for three-strawberry serving; link to recipe from Rachael Ray's "30-minute Meals" TV show

[Gaelen]

Yesterday, Rachael Ray was cooking low carb. She made Turkey Cacciatore Burgers on Portobello Mushroom Caps (I've linked that one in Main Courses) and Stuffed Roasted Strawberries (with Chocolate Centers.) I punched the recipe into Fitday using the counts for Lindt 70% dark chocolate for the chocolate in the recipe, and the numbers came out at 5g ECC for a three-strawberry serving, including unsweetened whipped cream. I figured the counts using extra-large, 1 5/8" diameter berries. Berries are hollowed out and filled with about a teaspoon of chopped chocolate; then they're roasted in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10-12 minutes. I didn't use any added sugar. I think they'd also be terrific roasted with a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar in place of the chocolate. Here's the link to Rachael Ray's recipe; enjoy!

Stuffed Roasted Strawberries (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_31575,00.html)
(from Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals TV show

[Gaelen]

Another fruit dessert from Rachael Ray with low carb potential:
Balsamic Glazed Grilled Plums with Whipped Cream (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24900,00.html)

A medium-sized plum has about 9g ECC, and by eliminating the brown sugar and substituting vanilla-sweetened whipped cream for the ice cream that Rachael used, these come in at around 6g ECC per grilled plum half (balsamic vinegar has around 2g carb per tablespoon.) A little grated ginger in the mix before grilling, and/or cinnamon dusted on top of the whipped cream is also terrific. Enjoy!

[cmcole]

Strawberry Creamsicles

1/2 cup soy milk (I used Natur-a)
1/4 cup coconut milk (two ice cubes - I froze it in ice cube tray)
6 frozen strawberries (what I had - you could use fresh)
3/4 c Silhouette Vanilla Yogurt (I think it's low fat, but is the lowest carb I can get)
2 tsp Psyllium husks
1 scoop protein powder (your brand - mine at present is Designer Whey or 5+1)
1/4 cup ricotta
1/2 cup water

I mixed the soy milk and coconut milk until cubes were chopped up, and then added the rest of the ingredients and blended until smooth.

Then I poured into popsicle molds (mine were trays of 7 - it filled 12 pockets with a little left over - about 1/2 a mold).

Totals:
480 cal; 23 g fat; 34 g carbs; 5 g fibre; 38 g protein
(and I can't believe someone would drink the whole thing for a shake, but some people do - and I did before working out the breakdown)

Per popsicle (based on 12):
28 calories
1.26 g fat; 2.79 carbs; 0.87 g fibre; 1.34 g protein; Net Carbs: 1.92

[cmcole]

http://www.lowcarbtransformation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6720

I got the idea from something I saw in a DC book, but didn't have quite all the ingredients, so I just winged this...

6 peaches-- washed, cut in half, pits removed
8oz cream cheese (regular or reduced fat)
1 egg
1-2 tsp vanilla
6T splenda or equiv in sweetness (to your taste)
1tsp or so of cinnamon

1/2c or so of ground flax seeds (flax meal) (that is about 1/4 c prior to grinding, maybe a bit more)
about an equal amount of walnuts or pecans, ground or chopped, up to you
2T of soft butter or margarine
2T splenda
some cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350

Ok-- wash and cut peaches in half, remove pits.
Sit peaches, cut side UP, in a muffin pan (I used silicon)

In a bowl, beat creamcheese until soft, then beat in vanilla, egg, and splenda and cinnamon, and combine well

in another bowl, combine the flax, nuts, cinnamon, and splenda. Then mix in (use fingers or fork or pastry cutter) the butter or margarine, until well combined-- I like it not too crumbly, more of a paste, but that's up to you.

Assemble-- dollop the cream cheese mixture on top of the peaches, divide evenly (ish), it's about 2T or so on each.
Then dollop the crumble flax/nut mixture on each-- mine wound up looking like a little nugget on each, sorta like a peach pit, it was cute http://www.lowcarbtransformation.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes-- you don't want the peach to be total mush or the cheesecake to be fully solid, a bit creamy is still good.

Eat hot (because you can't wait) or cold (because there were 12, you still have leftovers!).

Serves 6... or 3 people 2 times http://www.lowcarbtransformation.com/forum/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[kevinpa]

Fruit and Seed Balls (makes approx 18 balls @ 1.2g protein 1.3g ecc each)

1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
1/2 cup sunflower seed (rough chopped)
1/2 cup hulled pumpkin seeds (rough chopped)
1/4 cup freeze dried raspberries
1/4 cup freeze dried pineapple
1 large egg
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup granular erythritol
1/4 tsp. splenda quick pack (equivilent to 1/4 cup pourable splenda)
1 t. not/Sugar

In a mixing bowl combine coconut, sunflower seed, pumpkin seeds and set aside.
In a non-stick sauce pan over low heat combine butter, erythritol, egg, and not/Sugar stir mixture until it thickens.
Add dried fruit and stir in until well combined and thick.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly, then stir in seed mixture until totally combined.
While still warm roll into 1 to 1 1/2 inch ball and place on a parchment lined container.
Refrigerate to set and chill.
Enjoy!
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m273/kevinpa1/fnsb04.jpg

[kenfromco]

A Healthy DESSERT

Mix together 200g of feijoa, 200g of oranges, 1 lemon, 100g of walnuts,
100g of conserved peaches, 100 g of grapes and degreased yoghurt
This dessert is rich in vitamins C, P, PP and H (biotin).

If you want you can check out for more details here: http://flydone.com/?p=29

[Gaelen]

Kenfromco, while I appreciate a good fruit dessert as much as the next person, this one looks like it's over 100g ECC (effective carbs) as listed.
100g of feijoa = 11g carbs (no fiber)
200g oranges = 12g carbs (2g fiber)
100g grapes = 17g carbs (1g fiber)
100g walnuts (about a cup) = 17g carbs (7g fiber)
and if those conserved peaches are like most of my conserved peaches recipes, 100g = as much as 50g carbs (and only about 2g fiber.)
Also, full fat yogurt would be much more satisfying with this fruit salad than 'degreased' or fat-free yogurt.

This 'dessert' is a lot of things, but even a quarter-cup serving of this would be over 20g ECC...it's not exactly low-carb.

[maxlharris]

I know recipe threads aren't the best place for discussion, but since the feijoa recipe is neither low glycemic nor low carb and seems to exist as an excuse to link to a blog, is there a reason to keep it?

[Gaelen]

well...I was going for an example of what isn't a low carb recipe...I did delete one of the other posts, the one that was clearly spam.