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Healthy Substitute for Heavy Cream

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Chef Parul Desai

Recipes for sauces, soups, desserts, ice cream and cheesy sauces such as Alfredo sauce often call for heavy cream, which is high in calories and contains unhealthy saturated fat.

Chef Parul Desai began writing professionally in 2011. She maintains a healthy cooking blog and has taught cooking classes, worked in restaurants, created educational materials and written recipes. Desai received her Bachelor of Science in dietetics from Virginia Tech and completed her internship with ARAMARK. Later, she went to the Institute of Culinary Education to become a certified chef.