Chocolate Stovetop Custard

4 oz cornstarch
8 TB cocoa
10 cups water
2/3 cup non-fat dry milk or 1 cup evaporated skim milk
2 Tb ground flax seed
8 tsp. sweet' n low bulk
1 Tb salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup water for dissolving corn starch

Large sauce pan that will hold 12-14 cups

Put water, milk, flax, cocoa, sweet 'n low and salt in large sauce pan or Dutch oven, do not use Pyrex it gets too hot. Mix corn starch into the additional 1 1/4 cups of water at end of ingredient list. Stir both mixtures with wire whisk whisking the cornstarch and water until dissolved, turn on heat and whisk the dissolved cornstarch into the chocolate milk mixture in the sauce pan. Bring to a boil stirring with a wire whisk and a large spoon until the mixture has boiled one minute.

Makes 12 cups plus.

Pineapple Smoothie

The pineapple beverage I am telling you about looks like the vanilla; the taste is a happy surprise since instead of the typical taste you have an even fruitier sensation.

This image is cut from a photo for milkshakes from Spuds Drive-in in Briggs Idaho, a home town drive-in known for beautiful Idahoan views. It is merely a model for my pineapple smoothie. I am not from Idaho but the drive-in is my favorite type of fast food on many occasions and they have a wonderful menu.

My recipe is from Dole's pineapple juice, frozen concentrate, ice, banana and vanilla.

About 5 oz of frozen banana
6 oz of water
5 ice cubes
1 TB frozen pineapple juice concentrate
3 TB splenda or 2 1/2 pkts = sweetener
1 tsp. vanilla extract

It is nice flavored with cherry also, just add a scant tsp. of kool-aid powder in cherry.

I'll give a chocolate fudge next round.

Butter Peanut Cookies (egg-free)

I have a new recipe for egg-free cookies. I am really surprised how good they taste. This one is buttery peanut butter.


6 TB 70 calorie margarine
1/2 cup plus 2 TB of peanut butter preferably Natural
1/2 cup Splenda or = valent
2 tsp milled flax seed
1 tsp water
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 TB imitation low calorie mayonnaise (heaping TB)
1/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder like Sego or Carnation

Combine everything in a small to medium sized bowl
Drop by half TB onto baking pan and bake at 350 degrees F until set like a toll house cookie, 8 minutes or so.

Remove from pan carefully with a metal spatula.


Makes about 30 cookies.
45 calories ea. but only 2.5 carb. Gr.

I always like a couple of these, three if I'm famished with vanilla yogurt or vanilla yogurt with frozen berries, sugar less versions of all. It is very filling. A splurge and a great meal substitution, protein, milk and fruit all at once.