Ambrosia Fruit Salad Substitutes Question
#217538 - 10/05/05 07:15 AM
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I've got a recipe for "Ambrosia Fruit Salad" that calls for cream cheese and Cool Whip. I've seen the non-dairy cream cheeses, but I'm not sure which one tastes best. Also, what do you suggest for a Cool Whip substitute?
Thanks!
Lisa
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i think redi-whip makes a non-dairy (and, i think, fat free) version. redi-whip free, perhaps? it's basically corn syrup. check for hfcs, but other than that, it should be safe.
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jaime
ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian
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I could have SWORN there used to be a non-dairy rediwhip, and I can't find it ANYWHERE. I just asked my brother about this last week and he had no idea what I was talking about.
Anyway, tofutti better than cream cheese is pretty good. Also, I believe Cool Whip Light is dairy-free, but high in HFCS (which doesn't seem to bother me).
Good luck.
PS I think I posted my SIL's yummy version of this somwhere, with pineapple. I'll look for it and add it to this thread if I find it.
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Amanda
I live in the Big Apple, but I don't eat the skin
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i found the so-gross-but-so-good redi-whip free at gristedes, and they never even have a big selection of anyone.
i mixed it with apple sauce and cinnamon the other night, and it was really good. in that really artificial way.
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jaime
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Amanda
I live in the Big Apple, but I don't eat the skin
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Cool, I'll stop by Gristedes this week.
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Amanda
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By the way, do you ever go to Westerly, in the 50's on 8th ave? They seem to have EVERYTHING. It's right next to Gristedes.
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Amanda
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I won't be much help with the cream cheese, because I've never tried a soy one, but something to watch with the soy cream cheese substitutes is that they are almost always pretty high in fat, if I remember correctly. Fat is a big IBS trigger, so depending how much cream cheese the recipe calls for and how many servings the recipe makes, this could be a problem.
I would just use the Cool Whip, personally. Beware of the store brands, as some of them contain milk, but Cool Whip doesn't, as mentioned. It does contain HFCS and I think dairy derivatives, so if you're sensitive to either of those... well, I'm not sure what else to recommend! 
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no, i've never even heard of it. is that another supermarket? i don't tend to be in the west 50s any more, as i've finally left my crap job by columbus circle and am now in chelsea. of course, i only left when i found a new office that's by another whole foods.
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jaime
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Westerly is a small natural foods store. There might only be one of them, I'm not sure. I do know they have oat cream "ice cream," but I haven't tried it. Anyway, they have a wide array of stuff and it's worth a special trip, especially if you are ever looking for some random specific item. I know what you mean about whole foods though -- I live in Murray Hill but will often go all the way down to Union Sq just to do my food shopping. But, FreshDirect is a blessing, so I just go out for whatever they don't have.
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Thank you for the suggestions!
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