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Better choice: Low-fat/fat-free dessert, light pumpkin pie, served alone or with low-fat or fat-free ice cream
Poorer choice: Traditional apple or pumpkin pie served with ice cream or whipped cream
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Dessert |
Calories |
Fat |
Carbs |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Apple pie, average, 1/6 of 8" pie, 4.1 oz serving |
277 |
13g |
40g |
|
Pumpkin pie, 1/6 of 8" pie, 3.8 oz serving: |
229 |
10g |
30g |
|
Pecan pie, average, 1/6 of 8" pie, 4 oz serving |
452 |
21g |
65g |
|
Vanilla ice cream: |
|
|
|
|
Whipping cream, per 1 tbsp fluid/2 tbsp whipped: |
|
|
|
|
Reddi-Wip®, per 2 tbsp: Original |
15 |
1g |
0.5g |
Many recipes can be made lower calorie by adapting or "converting" them, using recipe alternatives. When adapting recipes, you can use the same quantity of a low-fat ingredient to replace a high-fat ingredient, or adjust the amounts.
For example, the following are recipe ingredients for Pumpkin Pie – traditional, and a "converted" Low-fat Pumpkin Pie:
|
Traditional Pumpkin Pie |
Low-fat Pumpkin Pie |
|---|---|
|
1 can (16 oz) pumpkin |
1 can (16 oz) pumpkin |
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2 large eggs |
4 (about 1/2 cup) egg whites |
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1 can (12 fl oz) evaporated milk, regular |
1 can (12 fl oz) evaporated low-fat milk (2% fat) |
|
¾ cup sugar |
½ cup sugar |
|
1 (9-inch) deep-dish pie shell |
1 (9-inch) reduced-fat pie shell (or 1 cup ground ginger snaps) |
|
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, cloves) |
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, ginger, cloves) |
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Per Slice (1/8 of 9-inch pie): |
Per Slice (1/8 of 9-inch pie): |
Last updated: November 18th, 2008
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