Diabetic Friendly Raspberry Cream Pie

I recently found out that I am one cupcake away from having full blown Type II Diabetes. In order to prevent that from ever happening I decided to go ahead and make a fairly drastic diet change and avoid (for the most part) sugary items like non diet sodas, my favorite dessert items, and the like. However, this doesn't mean I have to give up some of the tastiest stuff out there! It simply means that, whenever possible, I should alter recipes to make them more diabetic friendly. With the help of my lovely fiancé and a recipe found on Rachael Ray's website I was able to craft this awesome dessert without fear of losing a foot. 

Step 1 Ingredients and Tools

This pie is super simple to make. The ingredients are pretty cheap and chances are you have several of them in your cupboards and fridge right now. You will need:

1 cup heavy cream
1/8 teaspoon almond extract (please don't use imitation)
3/4 cup Splenda
1 packet unflavored gelatin
10 ounces frozen raspberries
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice (no plastic lemons allowed!)
1/2 cup sugar free raspberry preserves (more or less according to your preference)
1 package of fresh raspberries
1 9-inch pie crust, baked and cooled

Tools needed:
Medium mixing bowl
Measuring spoon
Measuring cup
Medium saucepan
Electric mixer or whisk
Wooden Spoon for stirring
Spatula

Comments

[grannyjones]

The greatest evil of diet soda is the phosphoric acid found in all colas and 'Dr.--', 'Mr.---', and their ilk. One cola contains enough calcium-dissolving acid to undo several days worth of diligent calcium intake.
So if you don't want to have a really messed up back when you are old; avoid at all costs.

[trainman9111]

Hey very Excellent on your pie making skills.

I always use Truvia for a sugar substitute, very safe for Diabetics, Since I am a Diabetic One packet is equal to 2 tsp of sugar.Try it out and see what you think of it.
Here is the website in case you are wondering, http://www.truvia.com/.

[Sunkicked]

VERY big fan of Truvia. Probably would have used it for this Instructable but, at the time, we couldn't find it in any quantity other than a small box of packets. A friend of mine grows the stevia plant Truvia is derived from and we've toyed around with the idea of trying to create our own form. I'll post an Instructable if we ever do!

[AngryRedhead]

Out of curiosity, I ran a calculation of the nutrition for this recipe:

For 1 out of 8 servings:
Calories 320.1
Total Fat 17.9 g
Saturated Fat 8.2 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2.4 g
Monounsaturated Fat 6.2 g
Cholesterol 40.8 mg
Sodium 211.8 mg
Potassium 140.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate 45.1 g
Dietary Fiber 4.5 g
Sugars 25.0 g
Protein 3.1 g

For 1 out of 6 servings:
Calories 426.7
Total Fat 23.9 g
Saturated Fat 11.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3.2 g
Monounsaturated Fat 8.3 g
Cholesterol 54.3 mg
Sodium 282.4 mg
Potassium 187.8 mg
Total Carbohydrate 60.1 g
Dietary Fiber 6.0 g
Sugars 33.3 g
Protein 4.1 g

I don't know if this is diabetic-friendly necessarily, but it has less sugar than if you'd used pure cane sugar.

[eunju]

looks sweet :))))))))))))))))

[BladeRunner759]

awesome i want 1

[herbcook]

We eat mostly low carb. foods, have recently found 2 wonderful things, a recipe for low carb brownies called "miracle" brownies and liquid splenda that only contains sucralose. You can "google" both of these and find them on the
internet.

[pocketdoc]

While there are studies to support your claims, many are not randomized and are retrospecitve reviews (not the best). There are also studies that do not show deleterious health affects.

There really is no clear evidence that diet drinks or artificial sweeteners cause or "lead to" diabetes.

My two cents (health care professional).

[rakista]

Do NOT drink diet soda !!!! Drink water, tea or coffee. Artificial sweeteners trigger all sorts of badness that lead to Diabetes. http://www.naturalnews.com/025644_diabetes_Type_2_diabetes_soda.html Nice Recipe.

[Sunkicked]

Wow! I'm boned. I drink diet soda like it's going out of style! Thanks for the tip though, I had no idea. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to invest in some Lipton...

[rakista]

Coffee is one of the #1 things you can do to reduce the chance of diabetes, btw. http://www.physorg.com/news195300617.html