Cooking Mommy: Peanut Butter Cream

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Peanut Butter Cream

This is amazing! I LOVE peanut butter! I can eat it by the spoonful alone. Unfortunately it's not very diet friendly at 2 points per tbsp. So, I found this recipe online, and it is so yummy and only 2 points a serving!!! I tried putting it in the fridge at first, thinking it would be more like a mousse, but it is way better frozen, more like peanut butter ice cream. It does not look like a big serving at all, but it is very satifying. The other night I passed up a Wendy's frosty, even though I had the points for it, to have this instead. I would eat this all the time NOT on a diet!

Ingredients
8oz fat free cool whip
3 tbsp peanut butter

Directions
Mix together your peanut butter and cool whip, divide into 6 small containers (3oz bathroom cups work great), and freeze.

WW points: 2 points a serving!!!

Optional: Add 4 Tbsp chocolate chips (I like mini) and mix that in as well. Each serving becomes only 3 points.

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Allergies and Intolerances

My son, Daniel previously had allergies to egg whites and peanuts. I am lactose intolerant. My nephews have allergies to many foods. I will try my best to label things to help those with allergies since I know it's difficult finding recipes sometimes when someone in your home has common food allergies. Make sure you check labels yourself. If it's marked soy-free or nut-free, it only means it doesn't have the soy or nut protein in it, not necessarily the oils. Look for dairy-free, egg-free, gluten/wheat-free, nut-free, and soy-free labels.

Egg replacements

If you need an egg free recipe, I have some great egg replacements. Now these really won't work in recipes that require a lot of eggs, like a meringue or cheesecake, but they do work well in most recipes I've ever tried.

Egg replacement #1: use 1 Tbsp ground flax seed and 3 Tbsp of water in place of 1 egg. Why this works? I don't know, but flax seed is extremely healthy for you, full of lots of omega fatty acids, so this is my preferred substitute.

Egg replacement #2: Boil 1 cup of water and 1 packet of unflavored gelatin together. In it's liquid state, use 3 1/2 Tbsp of this in place of 1 egg.

I have found sometimes one works better than the other. The flax seed seems to work better overall, I believe, but my mother-in-law made Christmas cookies with the gelatin and you couldn't even tell the difference.