Homemade Raspberry Mousse

I've been reading both Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food and the Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living and have become convinced that we are harming our bodies by eating chemically processed foods, especially refined sugar. To that end I've made a decision to try a low-carbohydrate diet and to give up any refined or processed foods.

I am now three weeks into that journey. Since desserts tend to involve a LOT of sugar and are mostly processed, it has been an adventure learning how to make delicious desserts without refined flour or sugars. I'm sure it helps that I've been really getting into watching the Food Network. Today's adventure involved learning to make Raspberry mousse. Here is how I did it (I didn't measure out any ingredients so don't have quantities listed):

To make the fruit juice, I reduced frozen organic raspberries with some Chianti (next I'm I'll try a fruitier wine or fresh-squeezed lemon juice, but I just happened to have an opened bottle ready). I added a little stevia (which is this natural sweetener that doesn't raise blood glucose levels)  to the reduction, but honey works fine too.

The reduction was a little strong, so I diluted it a bit with water (next time, I might try almond milk instead). I then mixed two ounces of gelatin (okay, so I guess there are SOME processed ingredients...next time I'll leave this out and add marscapone cheese instead) into the reduction as well as a little organic heavy whipping cream. After the mixture cooled, I poured it into some wine glasses, covered the wine glasses with seran wrap, and stored them in the fridge.

I then made homemade marscapone mousse by whipping up marscapone cheese with heavy whipping cream and some more stevia. I placed a dollop on each wine glass. Finally, I ground some hazelnuts and coffee grounds as a garnish. As Rachael Ray says, "Delish!!"

I think next week I'll try making a raspberry cream mousse using the marscapone cheese. Note: I do not a natural talent for cooking, so would appreciate any advice and feedback from those who do!