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Laura Dolson, About.com's Guide to Low
Carb Diets, is a health and food writer, and develops low-carb and
gluten-free recipes for home cooks.
Experience:
Laura has been developing health and
education Web sites for over 10 years. She was a writer and cancer support
provider at Mediconsult.com, and has taught health and nutrition classes
at a junior high charter school in California. She has been focusing on
low-carb and low-glycemic eating for over a decade -- investigating the
emerging science related to low-carb eating, writing articles to help
people change their diets, and developing healthy menus and recipes.
Education:
Laura has an B.S in physical therapy from
the University of Vermont, an M.A. in clinical psychology from the
California School of Professional Psychology-San Diego, and several years
of doctoral work in clinical psychology, part of which involved research
in online communication.
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This is a low-carb, low-calorie version of a lemon
ricotta Italian Easter pie. This is a crustless "pie", but is very
similar in flavor and texture (minus the crust). Whole milk ricotta is
preferred for this recipe. Part-skim can be used, but the pie comes
out grainier and more crumbly.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 lb whole milk ricotta
cheese (a 15-oz container works fine)
- 3 eggs
- Juice and grated zest of one
medium lemon
- Sugar substitute to equal
2/3 cup of sugar - liquid preferred (see link below)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Dash of salt
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
1. Separate the eggs, and beat the whites until soft peaks form.
2. Combine the egg yolks and the rest of the ingredients. Taste to see
if it's lemony enough, as some lemons are "dryer" and have less juice
(average is about 3 tablespoons of juice for a medium lemon). You can
add half a teaspoon of lemon extract, or more lemon juice to taste.
3. Fold egg whites into the mixture and spread in a well-buttered pie
pan.
Bake until barely set in the middle (a toothpick will come out clean or
almost so) about 25 minutes. Chill completely before serving; about 90
minutes.
Serve plain, or with a berry topping such as this
strawberry topping or this
berry syrup.
Sugar-Free Lemon Curd also makes a good topping.
Nutritional Information: Each of 8
servings has 2 grams
effective carbohydrate plus 8 grams protein, and 123 calories.
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