LoL: Black beans? OK, I get that if you have food allergies or need to
modify your diet because of health reasons that substitution is
necessary but come on. Black Beans? Not happening. Can't taste the
difference? Reverent wishful thinking on her part. My sis has to stay
away from almost everything that tastes good, so I know how hard it is
to make alternative dishes from those you love. My advice to your
friend. Don't try to duplicate something you absolutely love with
substituting things not even in the same species! What you do is make
new dishes out of the things allowable and make them taste great.

No wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no chocolate. Do I try to make her a
chocolate chip cookie that doesn't taste like sidewalk scrapings? No, I
make a natural fruit filled fried rice dough dessert that tastes great.
Does she miss chocolate chip cookies? You bet but as she says, if I
gotta have one, I'll buy a good one and eat it, regretting the decision
latter as her body gets angry with her choice. The key here is (1), not
a package but one cookie.

It stinks but hey, I feel the same way about cookies and I don't have
dietary restrictions, other than I shouldn't put that many calories into
my mouth. If I have a cookie, it's going to be the real deal. Not some
weird concoction that given the choice between sawdust and the
substitute, sawdust would be a clear winner. I don't eat an entire batch
of cookies. I have one or two. I don't need a low fat, no sugar cookie
because I'm not planning on eating two pounds of the things, just one or
two, once in awhile. Ahhh enough said.

Dang it, I dragged out the pulpit and didn't mean to rant on! LOL.

Chris










Marcella Peek wrote:
> In article rs.com>,
> chris > wrote:
>
>
>>Marcella:
>>
>>Does that friend then accuse you of not giving her the correct recipe
>>because it doesn't taste anything like the ones you make?
>
>
> - snippage -
>
>>Tell your friend that you heard apples and peaches are a great fat free
>>dessert! LOL.
>> >>
>
>
>
> Hilarious!
>
> No, she doesn't accuse me of that. She just has to complain about every
> fat containing ingredient.
>
> Oh, and she gets irritated when I bring dinner over (because she had
> surgery or whatever) and her kids like my mac and cheese or whatever
> better. That's when she asks for the recipe and then asks if she really
> has to use x ingredient. I just tell her (each and every time) that I
> have no idea, but she can try it but not to count on it tasting the
> same. She then says she wants to sub but doesn't want it to taste
> different. Good luck I say. It's so funny that we have to go through
> this every time. Really, do they think the answer is going to magically
> change?
>
> Once she brought me brownies made with canned black beans pureed instead
> of butter. That was quite scary. I can't remember the odd ingredient
> in the oatmeal cookies but they were dry and dreadful. She insists you
> can't taste the difference but we clearly have different taste buds. :-)
>
> marcella