Eggnog :)

1 cup fat-free half & half
One 1-ounce package sugar-free Jell-O instant vanilla pudding powder
5 cups 2% milk
½ cup Splenda granular
3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons brandy or rum extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Whisk together the half & half and pudding powder until smooth – this will be very thick. Slowly whisk in mil****il smooth. Whisk in Splenda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and extracts. Allow to chill for at least 2 hours. Serve with whipped cream and a sprinkling of freshly grated nutmeg. Makes 12 servings.

Per Serving: 82 Cal; 4 g Protein; 4 g Tot Fat; 7 g Carb; 0 g Fiber; 5 g Sugar; 155 mg Sodium

I plan to use hood calorie count down white milk or light vanilla soy and top with FF rhedi whip.  Will be my perfect after dinner drink when the family breaks out the blender and ice cream for brandy alexanders.  

Sounds GREAT..I want to try eggnog icecream as I keep buying the light one in the store and need to STOP.
I hope you are doing well with your eating as I am NOT:(

Sounds yummy!  I could make it with the Sans Sucre vanilla cheesecake pudding...that is the closest thing I can use to Jell-o instant vanilla pudding (because of the aspartame issue).

Finally got over a really bad 2-day migraine today and got a sf pumpkin cheesecake baked for a party at work next week.   All I have to do to freeze it is set it out on the patio...we are having really nasty cold weather and getting really dumped with snow.  Am hoping my son's school district calls a closure tonight so I can stay home from work tomorrow.  So afraid of the drive but my boss drives even further than me so I feel really guilty about it. 

Haven'****ched any news, are you having bad weather too?  It is Christmasy and pretty but so treacherous to drive in...yikes!  And a first: they called up to cancel tomorrow night's support group meeting!  This will be the first one I've missed since before surgery.  Makes me sad, but it is too dangerous for people to drive there.

Hugs!

I am going to whip up a batch to take to work this weekend for the girls.  We all need to eat healthier and honestly I am tired of hearing them whine how much weight they have gained (sigh, nurses are the worst!) and so, I am trying to show them other alternatives without feeling deprived.  

Aw, sorry to hear about your migraine.  My friend gets those that I work with and it really puts her into a tail spin.. life basically stops till it ends.  I cannot imagine.  Bless both of your hearts.  So glad you are feeling better now tho.  Yum, I love SF pumpkin cheesecake and I even have my family loving it!  I think pumpkin is magical to work with as far as SF stuff is concerned and of course cream cheese (fat) never bothers me lol.  I need to try it with light cream cheese and see if it still holds its consistency.  What do you use?

I hear ya, the weather is nuts.  We have tons and more on the way coming.. lots more I am afraid.  We have felt very shut in this week.  But I had a respiratory virus of some kind and aaron a stomach bug so I guess it was the best week to have that happen and before Christmas.  I won't complain too much as its the first time I have been sick since surgery other than an ear infection I think.  I had labs drawn today and I bet my white count will be elevated some because of that.  I am always worried about the diabetic numbers (sigh) i hope they come back ok.  I cannot imagine hearing "you are diabetic again" and especially since I have played around with sugar a number of times and well I just don't wanna hear that.  My fasting numbers are good but its the long diabetic number.. hgba1c I am worried about.  ugh. When i have reactive hypoglycemia I know its b/c there was a spike in my glucose level to allow for the rush of insulin to create the low numbers.  All that bouncing around scares me and I have done that enough even on weird stuff.

That stinks you have to miss support group.  It is such a big part of my life too, I hear you on that.

Speaking of support groups, OH has approved me to be an OH leader and I get training in January.  I will have my own forum and hope some of you will participate with me.  I am excited about it.

I think I have babbled long enough.. have a great night!

Ok I made this and WOW .  Goooood.  Be sure to use the rum extract... feels like a nice after dinner drink. YUM.  I am gonna use it as a base in protein shakes.  Add vanilla protein powder and ice and blend. YUMO

Thank you!  I think this would be fun to make for our Christmas party at work next week.  What a cool idea of using it as a base for protein shakes.  I've been having a scoop of Amplify creamy chocolate in my morning hot drink and find it really helps start the day much better than just a sf latte alone.  But it would be so nice to have something different like this for a good change.

*pregnant lady making face* 

Everyone around me has been in to the eggnog, and all I can say is it just sounds obnoxious to me right now.

But one of my BFs had gastric bypass and loves the stuff, so I'm taking her the recipe tomorrow.  She'll love you forever now, Melissa.

Hubby is so excited he can't stand himself.  He's getting REAL fudge made.. as he says, this weekend.  One thing about being pregnant, while most the choices are still RNY approved, I do get to indulge a bit more.  I am beginning to resemble the jolly fat man though, belly like a bowl full of jelly....

I am so happy for you Heather i have been away so long i didnt know that you were expecting congrats any idea of the babys sex yet a friend of mine and her husband are having their baby girl in May so you guys are due around the same time.

Hoping to find out on the 6th, provided the little one doesn't show their rear, literally, during our 20 week sonogram.

I'll take another "bump" picture here soon.  Hubby and friends are laughing, cause I'm starting to waddle, and my waistline is fast becoming a distant memory.