| More healthy foods are appearing on store
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| | Then four. Then five. I experimented
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| shelves. When I saw a carton of egg
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| | with more butter, more flour, two whole
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| whites at my grocery store I immediately
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| | eggs, low-fat cheese, and one percent
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| thought of cheese souffle. Cheese
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| | milk.Every souffle fell. Much as I love
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| souffle is one of my favorite foods, but
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| | cheese souffle, I was getting tired of
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| it's high in fat, and I hadn't made one
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| | the same whacky lunch. Despite a
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| in years. If I could come up with a
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| | reputation as a gourmet cook I felt like
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| healthy recipe I could eat cheese souffle
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| | a failure. By the end of the week I had
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| again.I bought two cartons of egg whites,
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| | consumed so many egg whites I felt like a
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| fat-free cheddar cheese, and fat-free
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| | giant parade balloon - a thin person
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| milk. "This should do it," I thought to
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| | filled with air. Maybe I'd float around
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| myself. On Monday morning I wrestled the
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| | the kitchen. Heck, I could float around
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| souffle dish from the back of the
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| | the neighborhood.On Saturday morning I
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| cupboard, assembled my ingredients, and
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| | announced to my husband, "I'm going to
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| began what turned out to be "The Great
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| | make one last souffle." (It was a
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| Cheese Souffle Experiment."My first
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| | dramatic announcement.) Years ago, when
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| souffle was made with one tablespoon of
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| | we weren't as health conscious, I used to
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| butter, instead of three, and a teaspoon
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| | make souffle for dinner. My husband
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| of margarine. Butter is a thickener and,
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| | would come home hungry and smell the
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| to compensate for less butter, I added
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| | baking souffle when he got out of the
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| extra flour to the sauce. I added a
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| | car. The oven was next to the door I
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| teaspoon of Dijon mustard to bring out
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| | would stick a "Don't slam, souffle in
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| the flavor of the cheese. The classic
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| | oven" sign on it.The note always made my
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| recipe calls for six eggs, but I used one
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| | husband smile and he always raved about
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| whole egg, and egg whites for the rest.
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| | my cheese souffle. And so, with great
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| To stabalize the egg whites I added a
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| | care and determiniation, I prepared
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| teaspoon of cream of tartar.When I put
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| | souffle number six. When I put the
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| the souffle in the oven it looked
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| | souffle in the oven it looked perfect. I
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| perfect.The souffle started to rise and
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| | kept peeking in the window to see if the
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| the aroma of melting cheese wafted
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| | souffle was rising. It rose steadily and
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| through the kitchen. "This is going to
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| | looked like a cook book photo. Had I
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| work," I said to myself. But it didn't
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| | invented a healthy cheese souffle?Five
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| work. Fifteen minutes before the souffle
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| | minutes - just five minutes - before the
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| was due to come out of the oven it fell.
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| | souffle was due to come out of the oven
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| My classic cheese souffle had turned into
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| | it fell. We ate the brown, crusty,
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| a cheese tortilla. I don't like to waste
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| | delicious top for lunch, along with a
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| food, so I ate part of the souffle top
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| | green salad. Though it wasn't the best
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| for lunch."Oh well," I thought.
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| | lunch I've ever served, my husband
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| "Tomorrow is another day." On Tuesday
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| | appreciated my efforts. I've given up on
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| morning I got out the souffle dish,
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| | inventing a new cheese souffle.
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| assembled my ingredients, and made
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| | Sometimes you shouldn't mess with a good
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| souffle number two. This time I used two
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| | thing!Copyright 2006 by Harriet Hodgson
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| tablespoons of butter. I was careful to
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| | Hodgson has been a nonfiction writer for
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| beat the egg whites until they were
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| | 27 years and is a member of the
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| stiff, not dry, and folded them
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| | Association of Health Care Journalists.
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| ever-so-gently into the cheese sauce.When
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| | Before she became a health and wellness
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| I put the souffle in the oven it looked
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| | writer she was a food writer for the
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| perfect.But the same thing happened.
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| | former "Rochester Magazine" in her
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| Fifteen minutes before the souffle was
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| | hometown of Rochester, MN. Her 24th
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| due to come out of the oven it fell.
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| | book, "Smiling Through Your Tears:
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| Again, I ate part of the brown, cheesy
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| | Anticipating Grief," written with Lois
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| top for lunch. Cooking is chemistry and,
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| | Krahn, MD, is available from A
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| since I'm not a chemist, the only thing I
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| | five-star review of the book is also
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| could do was make souffle number three.
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| | posted on Amazon.
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