Recipes

The other day I was thinking about how good it is, the taste of melted ice cream in soda, and it hit me: you don't need to make an ice cream soda to do it. Here is a low-fat, low-calorie alternative to soda that is aspartame and saccharin free:

Serves 2:
to each glass:

• Add 2 Tbsp. half-&-half
• Add 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Add ice
• add 1/2 a can of unflavored seltzer.

It helps if you pour the seltzer down the size of the glass, like a beer, because it will foam.

For those of you who wince at the very words "half-&-half," I provide my Nutrition Facts, with comparison to a 12oz Coke:

	Cream Frizz	Coke
Calories	40	140
Fat	3g 9%	0g
Sat. Fat	2g 10%	0g
Trans Fat	0g	0g
Cholestrol	15mg 4%	0mg
Sodium	25mg 1%	45mg 2%
Carbs	1g 1%	39g 13%
Sugar	1g	39g
Protein	1g	0g
Calcium	4%	0%

Apart from the fat, I win. I wouldn't drink ten of these a day, but on the whole I call them healthy enough.