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Well, you're asking all the tough questions! Pie crust, whipping cream...you've found the trickiest things to alter for IBS.

Pie crust depends on a lot of solid fat for it's flakiness and texture. You could make a graham cracker crust with 2-4 T canola oil - that's what I usually do. Finely grind some almonds or pecans in to the mixture as well -that helps prevent sogginess. And you could play around with the fatfree recipes HanSolo linked you to. Or, you can omit pie crusts altogether.

Whipping cream, if it's whipped, is just darn near impossible to sub for. You can use whipped egg whites, stabilized with some cream of tartar. And you can find soy/rice cream cheese instead of dairy. The soy cream cheese doesn't taste right by itself, but in recipes it's usually very good. You can also drain soy yogurt (I like Silk) in a fine mesh colander overnight or for several days. It will thicken up and work to replace cream cheese.

You could also try to works some gelatin into that strawberry pie - that would give you stability so the recipe would set. That plus the folded in eggwhite meringue, and some drained/thickened soy yogurt, might actually work well. But you'd have to experiment.

Best,
Heather

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