NBR: what to use as a sub for heavy whipping cream?

escape1st · March 2011

I'd like to make some split pea soup, but my mom's recipe uses heavy whipping cream. What would be a good "lighter" substitution yet still give me the creaminess of heavy cream?

Meg41208 · March 2011

evaporated skim milk

Miller238 · March 2011

This is my substitute (for 2 cups of cream)

16oz of low-fat (or fat-free) cottage cheese with 6 tablespoons of non-fat powdered milk-mix in a blender until it is of a cream consistency

escape1st · March 2011

The original recipe, which serves 10, is for 2 cups of heavy cream. I was going to halve the recipe since I'm not cooking for a family of seven like my mom did! Stick out tongue

I never would have thought to use cottage cheese!

buckeyethor · March 2011

I would do half and half or whole milk.

Christine.Louie · March 2011

Meg41208:
evaporated skim milk

I second this.

I've only done the pureed cottage cheese thing once and it was okay but DH could still tell it was in there (he HATES it). Another good substitute is unflavored yogurt. The only time you *really* need to using whipping cream is when you're going to be...whipping it...like for whipped cream or butter.

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