Diet Cooking Lights Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

The Recipe Instructions

Ingredients

3 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes
1 (about 2 1/4 pounds)
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup skim milk
2 tbsp reduced calorie stick melted
1 .margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 vegetable cooking spray
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
2 tbsp chilled reduced-calorie
1 .stick margarine
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Directions

Combine the first seven ingredients in a bowl and stir well. Spoon
sweet potato mixture into an 8" square baking dish coated with
cooking spray.

Combine 1/2 cup brown sugar and flour in a bowl, and cut in 2
tablespoons chilled margarine with a pastry blender or 2 knives until
the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the chopped pecans, and
sprinkle over the sweet potato mixture. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes.
Serving size = 1/2 cup.

Source: Cooking Light Magazine, November/December 1995

Servings: 8

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"A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.
"Walter Savage Landor"

"A diet is the penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit."

"Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life"
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