The Diabetic Pastry Chef

In baking, you may use a heaping Tablespoon of soy flour and a Tablespoon of water to equal one egg. Once baked, there is no texture or taste difference.

1 large egg = 1 1/2 large egg whites

1 large egg = 3 Tablespoons egg substitute

1 large egg white = 2 Tablespoons egg substitute

1 large egg white plus 2 teaspoons canola oil = 1 egg (to reduce the cholesterol)

I will occasionally substitute “some” of the whole eggs in a recipe with soy flour or egg whites.  I consider this when a recipe calls for more than 2 eggs.

Portion size, that is. If you’ve ever found yourself baking a cake or pie and devouring it all in a few sittings, this tip is for you. Think portion size.

Don’t bake a cake - bake cupcakes or bake your pound cake batter in mini cake pans.  Eat one and freeze the remainder of the individual portions.

Don’t bake a pie – bake small tarts.

Portion puddings and ice cream into ramekins.

One or two cookies is a portion size. Freeze the rest.

Once you’ve had your portion for the day, that’s it!

2 c butter, softened
1 1/2 c canola oil or olive oil

Whip butter with electric mixer.  Add and beat canola oil or olive oil. Pour into container and refrigerate until hardened. Keep refrigerated.

I use this as a healthy spread for my quick breads such as biscuits, waffles and muffins; also to butter my vegetables. Use anywhere you would use butter or margarine. Works well in most recipes that call for butter, margarine or Smart Balance spread.

For those of you who have an interest in nutrition information and would like to count the carbs in recipes and foods, here are a couple of useful links:

www.BellaOnline.com/subjects/4486.asp

www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart5a.htm

They are excellent resources!