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At Last the Blueberry Clafouti

blueberries pre-clafoutiHow long have I been threatening to make the blueberry clafouti? I'll tell you how long. Since July 8th. Ten long days of writing about it, talking about it, thinking about it, but never actually doing anything about it. For those of you familiar with my lack of progress on the kitchen renovation, this will come as no surprise. 

I did actually google "clafouti" and found a nice, simple recipe on the Food Network site. That I'm good at ... googling. But I balked at the cup of sugar. Bitegeist fans who are also citizens of Weight Watchers World will do a quick calculation and gasp in unision, "Fifteen points!" The blueberry clafouti was dangerously close to being renamed. Dreamfouti. Vaporouti. The Clafouti that Wasn't. 

Today, after a minimally vexing day at the jayohbee, I returned home to discover that Marian had whipped up a dinner of whole wheat gnocchi alla vodka ... and ... blueberry claufouti (made with an artificial sweetener). The. Crowd. Went. Wild. Or at least I did. And maybe the dog jumped around a little bit. For years I've said that I conjured Marian up. This confirms it. 

And the clafouti did get renamed. I call it Splenda in the Glass.  

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 by Registered Commenterdeb in | Comments3 Comments

Reader Comments (3)

HAHAHA! A cup of sugar? It's only 15 points if you eat the whole thing yourself, Deb! Remember the Weight Watchers' mantra, "You can eat anything you want (as long a the portions don't exceed the size of one blueberry).

Spenda? Splendid! I'm sure if Marian made it, it was delicious!
July 18, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterviv
right, viv. but a cup of splenda in comparison is only 2 points. so those extra 13 points would have been divided over 8 servings (a bit larger than the size of a blueberry!), adding an extra 1.625 points to each portion - thereby boosting total points per serving from 2 (with splenda) to 4 (with sugar). am i losing weight? a little. but my math skills? yeah, they're coming along nicely.
July 18, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterdeb
Excellent title! SO glad you enjoyed the clafouti at long last.
July 18, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLuisa

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