jenny50
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With the demise of Franks Dialicious Ice Cream can nyone suggest an alternative and where it can be purchased
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Resurgam
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I have made my own ice cream several times and find it rather better than anything I could buy.
I have used a heavy iron griddle left in the freezer overnight, then placed on a towel and the ingredients for the icecream mixed in a metal bowl after cooling them and the bowl in the freezer for a while.
A custard of cream and eggs is the basis for the recipe, with mashed fruit, or rum and raisin, or walnut and (just a little) honey as flavouring. After years of low carb I need very little sweetener, if any, in desserts.
I have used a heavy iron griddle left in the freezer overnight, then placed on a towel and the ingredients for the icecream mixed in a metal bowl after cooling them and the bowl in the freezer for a while.
A custard of cream and eggs is the basis for the recipe, with mashed fruit, or rum and raisin, or walnut and (just a little) honey as flavouring. After years of low carb I need very little sweetener, if any, in desserts.
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I have found that a small portion (1/5th of a tub) of Morrisons Best cafe latte ice cream, as part of a meal, doesn't spike me. Unusually it has fairly "clean " ingredients, cream, coffee, sugar no nasties other than the real sugar, no sweeteners. Think it's about 14g carb a portion
Also a mini "magnum " type icecream from Lidl, as part of a meal doesn't spike me. Again about 14g
BUT I do seem to slowly gaining weight
There are several low carb ice cream recipes around
Also a mini "magnum " type icecream from Lidl, as part of a meal doesn't spike me. Again about 14g
BUT I do seem to slowly gaining weight
There are several low carb ice cream recipes around
Just searching and I noticed that Morrisons own brand vanilla ice cream is only 7g per 100ml.
Kernow Debra
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@David999 just had a look at Morrisons website.
7g sounds tempting, but just to point out that it’s actually 10.6g of carbs. 7 of which are sugar.
It’s the carb content which is the important bit regardless of how much is sugar.
The "best" options I've found are:
Aldi Gianni's Chocolate Ice Creams (3 pack) - 7.9g carbs, 6.1g sugar per serving, not per 100g
Tesco Strawberry & Yogurt Swirled Lollies (4 pack) - 6.5g carbs, 5.1g sugar per serving, not per 100g
If you're on keto carb limits these take a fair chunk of that for one serving (they're also not keto friendly). I'm keeping them in reserve as an occasional treat, but when testing neither had any adverse effect on my BG readings after 2 hours when I had them as dessert following a low carb meal.
There may also be better options in tubs, but I can't be trusted with a tub of ice cream!
Aldi Gianni's Chocolate Ice Creams (3 pack) - 7.9g carbs, 6.1g sugar per serving, not per 100g
Tesco Strawberry & Yogurt Swirled Lollies (4 pack) - 6.5g carbs, 5.1g sugar per serving, not per 100g
If you're on keto carb limits these take a fair chunk of that for one serving (they're also not keto friendly). I'm keeping them in reserve as an occasional treat, but when testing neither had any adverse effect on my BG readings after 2 hours when I had them as dessert following a low carb meal.
There may also be better options in tubs, but I can't be trusted with a tub of ice cream!
