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March 18th, 2010
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I modified a recipe from the Hungry Girl website for a low sugar eggnog and found it very acceptable. It has nearly the same taste and mouth feel as the lite eggnog I've been drinking. It may be a bit late for this year's holiday season, but there's still New Year's.

The original recipe is here. My version is below.

Low Sugar Eggnog

6 C 1% milk
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1 small (4-serving) package Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Pudding mix, Vanilla
6 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda)
1 tsp Mace (or nutmeg)
(optional) 6 oz dark rum or 1 tsp rum extract


Whisk pudding mix into 2 C milk. When blended, add remainder of ingredients. Stir or whisk until mixed thoroughly. Refrigerate for a few hours to allow it to thicken. Makes six 1-cup servings!

I'll try to get the nutritional data together to submit this to the dLife Recipe database.

In other holiday food news -

My husband found some wonderful sugar free candy canes, but he tossed the packaging so I can't share the name with you! Sorry!

I have gone off the deep end with food the past week or two. The sad news about my friend's passing led to a touch of the blues and I generally self-medicate with food.

I am not doing any new year's resolutions. For about 15 years, my #1 resolution was to quit smoking. I finally accomplished that on Jan 7th, 2005. For about 30 years my other recurring resolution has been to lose weight and/or exercise. I'd say the empirical data is in - new years resolutions just don't work for me.

But I am readjusting my lifestyle on Monday the 31st. I will take the weekend to plan meals and destroy any junk food left in the house - preferably not by eating it. I will get back to eating well and I'll bet I feel better for it too.

I'm just glad I have 2 months until my next HbA1c test!




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