Whipped Cream

Homemade whipped cream is pretty darn good. If you have a good electric mixer (either a hand or stand model), you can make your own from heavy cream, available at Sam's Club for about $2.50 a quart, instead of the $4.00 it runs at regular grocery stores.

You have to keep your eye on the cream as it is being whipped, because if you let it whip too long, it will turn into butter. That's not a bad thing, since homemade butter is just as lucious. But it doesn't taste that great as a dessert topping!

All you need besides the cream is a little bit of powdered sugar which you add toward the end of the whipping process to give it a little bit of sweetness. Refrigerate any leftovers (if there are any).

This sure beats whatever you squirt out of those cans!