cream whipper

[fiddlejen]

When I ever first started Atkins my brother gave me a great piece of advice.

He said to buy one of those cream whippers. The kind you have to get at a kitchen supply store, and you buy little rechargers for it. It was about $30 and well worth the cost!

You use straight heavy cream in it. It turns it into the most wonderful, non-sweetened, whipped cream!

Put a little dab in your decaf oh-so-yummy! Or if you are desperate for a legal treat - like, you just got home from a get-together where other people were eating your used-to-be-favorite-desert and now you have cravings- squirt some into a small bowl and pretend it's ice cream. (I found, when following strict Atkins with no sweeteners cream by itself tastes sweet enough)

Oh, sometimes I add a drop or two of vanilla. But be careful! Only get it from the health food store & check the labels. Most grocery store vanilla has sugar added now. ( Why do they have to do that?? I remember as a kid, vanilla extract never had sugar. Now McCormick's and all the others have put in sugar. Why?? They just intentionally want to make everyone eat more sugar!! )

[not2late]

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I use a whisk to whip cream---helps to burn off a couple of calories!

[biogeek]

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I have one of the whip cream dispensers. It's very handy, especially for my dear hubby who can't whip cream with a whisk to save his beautiful soul. I sometimes add 1 or 2 packets of Spenda to give it a slightly sweetened taste.

Hubby has also tried adding unsweetened cocoa & a couple of packs of Splenda. Looks weird to me, but he loves it. He likes it as a treat.

[BeccaResRN]

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Sounds like really neat gadget..I will have to keep my eye out for one.

[Piasabird]

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I have one of those thingies! I love it. I couldn't rely on getting good results with whipping the cream with a wisk. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. Anyway, I don't have to worry about it anymore.

I bought mine on eBay.

[not2late]

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I have one of those thingies! I love it. I couldn't rely on getting good results with whipping the cream with a wisk. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. Anyway, I don't have to worry about it anymore.

I bought mine on eBay.

Really??? The only times I've had problems with whipping cream by whisk were when the cream wasn't as cold as it should have been.

[Piasabird]

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Really??? The only times I've had problems with whipping cream by whisk were when the cream wasn't as cold as it should have been.

Yes ..... really. I tried using cold cream and even used a cold metal bowl to whip it in.

I could never get it as perfect as the whipped cream maker. I even have trouble boiling eggs!

[fiddlejen]

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The nice thing is that you can keep it right there in the fridge. (It will last about a week or maybe two.) Who wants to get out the whisk to create one squirt of whipped-cream for their morning decaf?

[biogeek]

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Yes ..... really. I tried using cold cream and even used a cold metal bowl to whip it in.

I could never get it as perfect as the whipped cream maker. I even have trouble boiling eggs!

I have the same problem!! Hubby makes the hard boiled eggs around here, not me! LOL I even have a hard time crackin' the darn things. Why can't I get the shell off in one piece instead of a million little pieces? Grrr!