Heavy Cream Question
 

Hello All, What is a good brand of Heavy Cream?

Thx in advance.


-k :confused:

There aren't necessarily "good" brands or "bad" brands of heavy cream. Cream is really a commodity product like milk. I just get whatever heavy cream (as long as it doesn't have added sugars, etc.) in the store next to the milk and half-and-half.

Ok Thanks. I never bought it so is it in a carton like milk?

Thx.

-K

Yup. Usually in pints or 1/2 pints. Enjoy! The stuff is great.

Cindy

Yes, I have even found quart cartons!

How much cream does everyone usually have in a day? I know that on induction, you aren't supposed to have anymore than 2-3oz... but how about afterward?

All Natural Stuff...
 

I actually get my heavy cream from Nature's, so it has absolutely no additives... since it's about double the price of anywhere else it also helps limit my purchase and consumption. :rolleyes:

I try to keep it under 3 tablespoons everyother day - for some reason I have this real mental block that tells me if I go over that I will start packing on pounds. (I am also trying to limit my calories - cream really kills me!)

faeriegirl, I usually put 2 oz. in my morning coffee (yes, I was one of those people who liked a little coffee with their milk) and pretty much keep it to that, unless I whip up one of the great LC dessert confections from this board, which is only occasionally. Just don't want to go too crazy with cream, I guess.

Is heavy cream & whipping cream the same thing?

If you have a Trader Joe's near you, that's a great place to buy cream. They have heavy cream by the pint for $1.67 or so which is the absolute cheapest I have found it. It's also got no sugar added to it and it's milked from cows that haven't been given hormones. Great tasting stuff, too! I usually buy 4 or 5 pints at a time and stick all but one of them in the freezer, that way I'm not making a trip there every few days.

srd0821, heavy cream and heavy whipping cream are one and the same.

Thanks paradise!

Making sure.... :thup:

Usually 1 carb per tablespoon so just make sure to count it. And never give up your mandatory veggies for anything.

All the best.

I've read the book, but could you refresh my memory? Thanks! :rolleyes:

Two to three cups of these induction allowed veggies are mandatory. For natural vitamins and fiber and general great health while the pounds slowly leave our frustrated bodies! ;)

At 100 calories per oz I usually don't have more than an oz at a time and not every day.

When I first started low carbing I went to the dairy distributor and bought 1/2 gallon of manufacturing cream which is heavy cream that has just been pasteurized not ultra-pasteurized as is most that is sold in the grocery stores. It is heavenly but I couldn't use it all before it started to turn so I made butter out of the remainder. Makes lovely butter.

It is 1 carb per tablespoon? When i went to fitday.com - it says 7 carbs per cup of heavy cream (liquid form)...? I'm confused now. If it were 1 carb per tablespoon, wouldn't that make it 16 carbs per cup? or do i have my measurements wrong?

faeriegirl :

When measuring liquids, there are 8 fluid ounces in a liquid measuring cup and each fluid ounce equals 2 tablespoons, so yes, 16 tablespoons in a cup. According to this site's carbohydrate counter (see Tools, above), there are 6.64 gms of carbohydrate in 1 cup of fluid cream (which would equal 2 cups when it's whipped). Hope this helps.