Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Crabmeat

Lip Smackin’ Chive Spread with Crabmeat

Ingredients:
Mix together 8 ounces blue cheese or Roquefort – the better the quality, the better the
taste – (6.4 grams of carb) with 4 ounces (1 stick) butter. Add salt and freshly ground
pepper to taste.
TOTAL YIELD: 24 Tablesps. One Tablesp has 0.3 gram of carb.
THICKENING AGENTS
Here are a few suggestions to thicken your sauces:
1. Xanthan Gum: made from fiber so all the carbs can be deducted. Just a little (1/2
teasp. will thicken 1 cup).
sprinkle on about 1/4 teasp at a time and whisk it in real well. It will thicken upon
standing so do not overdo. can be found at local health food stores.
2. Guar Gum - Can be uses the same way as the xanthan , but it leaves a "slimy" taste
on the food.
3. Expert Foods notStarch - Haven't had much success with this product, as it just
didn't seem to thicken very well, but other people have had good results.
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4. Soy Flour/Oat Flour - This works well in small quantities but it tends to be higher in
carbs than the "gums." You can make a great white sauce by melting butter, stirring in
soy or oat flour til it makes a paste, and adding light cream. If you only need 1/2 cup of
sauce or so, this will work very well.
HIDDEN CARBS EQUATION:
(Carbohydrate grams x 4 calories) + (Protein grams x 4 calories) + (Fat grams x 9
calories) = Total Calories.Example: Can of Beans shows 4 g carb (4x4=16) and 1 g
protein (1x4=4). 16+4=20 calories