Delicious Spreads To Try Out With These Good Spread Recipes
Lip Smacking Chive Spread recipe
Instructions/Ingredients:
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Combine 4 ounces soft cream cheese (3.2 grams of carb (carbohydrates)) with 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) soft butter in a blender or food processor. Add cup chopped chives (0.8 gram of carb (carbohydrates)). Add 1 Teaspoon Worcestershire sauce (1.0 gram of carb (carbohydrates)) and salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Total Yield : 18 tablespoons. One Tablespoon has 0.3 gram of carb (carbohydrates).
Lip Smackin Chive Spread with Smoked Salmon recipe
Instructions/Ingredients:
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Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin Chive Spread (above). Cover canaps generously with the spread and with slivers of smoked salmon, lox, or nova. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb (carbohydrates).
Lip Smackin Chive Spread with Prosciutto recipe
Instructions/Ingredients:
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Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin Chive Spread (above). Cover canaps generously with the spread and with slivers of Prosciutto. Two ounces of smoked salmon have virtually no carb (carbohydrates).
Lip Smackin Chive Spread with Crabmeat recipe
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Follow the recipe for Lip Smackin Chive Spread (above), but reduce chives to cup (0.4 gram of carb (carbohydrates). Add 1 Tablespoon lemon juice (1.3 grams of carb (carbohydrates), add 1 cup cooked, well-cleaned crabmeat. Mash together.
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Total Yield : 2 cups. One Tablespoon has 0.2 gram of carb (carbohydrates).
Blue Cheese Spread recipe
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Mix together 8 ounces blue cheese or Roquefort the better the quality, the better the taste (6.4 grams of carb (carbohydrates) with 4 ounces (1 stick) butter. Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
Total Yield : 24 tablespoons. One Tablespoon has 0.3 gram of carb (carbohydrates).
Thickening Agents
Here are a few suggestions to thicken your sauces:
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Xanthan Gum: made from fiber so all the carb (carbohydrates) s can be deducted. Just a little (1/2 teaspoon will thicken 1 cup). sprinkle on about 1/4 teaspoon at a time and whisk it in real well. It will thicken upon standing so do not overdo. can be found at local health food stores.
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Guar Gum - Can be uses the same way as the xanthan , but it leaves a "slimy" taste on the food.
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Expert Foods notStarch - Haven't had much success with this product, as it just didn't seem to thicken very well, but other people have had good results.
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Soy Flour/Oat Flour - This works well in small quantities but it tends to be higher in carb (carbohydrates) s than the "gums." You can make a great white sauce by melting butter, stirring in soy or oat flour till it makes a paste, and adding light cream. If you only need 1/2 cup of sauce or so, this will work very well.
Hidden carbs equation:
(Carbohydrate grams x 4 calories) + (Protein grams x 4 calories) + (Fat grams x 9 calories) = Total Calories .
Example : Can of Beans shows 4 g carb (carbohydrates) (4x4=16) and 1 g protein (1x4=4). 16+4=20 calories per serving.
