I simply eliminated the canned beef brother or bouillion cube from the Crock-Pot. Lastly, cutting the sodium in the recipe was easy. The result was a light yet extremely tasty gravy that mimicked the original recipe very well. I cut the flour by one-third and used the same amount of brown sugar. I kept the ginger snaps the same and substituted fat-free sour cream for the full-fat version. As the meat cooked in the slow cooker, the drippings added taste to the water and cider vinegar. To lighten the gravy, I started with a sodium-free base of water and apple cider vinegar. I guess that’s why it tastes so good! The recipe that I’ve been making for years utilizes the beef broth and apple cider vinegar base from the Crock-Pot and adds sour cream, crushed ginger snap cookies, brown sugar, and flour to the liquid to make a thick, heavy gravy. Typically, sauerbraten gravy drips with cholesterol and sodium. The Gravy: Zapping the Cholesterol from Sauerbraten Gravy The extra broad no-yolk egg noodles are great with this meal because the broad noodles provide more surface area for the gravy. No yolk noodles are very light and airy, too, which is good with a heavy meal like sauerbraten. ![]() I found “no yolk” noodles which eliminated the cholesterol from the side dishes. But, like many delicious ethnic foods, it takes time to make, and on a workday, I did not have time to make it from scratch. Spaetzle is a type of small dumpling popular in Alsace and southern Germany (where my family comes from) that’s truly delicious. The traditional side dishes that accompany sauerbraten include red cabbage, which I made from scratch, and spaetzle. I make it in the slow cooker (Crock Pot) which saves some time, but it is a labor-intensive meal that’s worth every bite. It’s pot roast with the richest spicy, sweet, sour gravy imaginable. Oktoberfest in January: Low cholesterol, low sodium sauerbraten My husband bought a nice lean piece of bottom round roast and a tub of fat-free sour cream and asked, “Can you try it?” Low cholesterol, low sodium sauerbraten….can it be done? It was a challenge I was prepared to tackle, especially since we haven’t had our German comfort food fix in over two years.
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