Do you have any lowfat recipes and recipes that do not require refined sugar?
A. We do not have nutritional analyses on all of our recipes readily available but, if you see something that you really like and want to know if it is lowfat, we will be glad to run the analysis and get it right back to you. In the meantime, look for those recipes where there is no added fat or where you can substitute a lowfat product; for example, prepare any of our salads with a lowfat bottled dressing instead of the one made from scratch. Your question about refined sugars is a fairly easy one to answer. In most cases, particularly with pie fillings, puddings, salads, vegetable dishes, savory sauces and the like, you can often reduce the amount of refined sugars in the recipe to zero just by increasing that amount of California raisins with their own natural sweetness. If you prefer, things like granulated fructose or artificial sweeteners make a very good substitute. However, when you get to things like cakes and cookies, you will lose some of the quality of the product if you re