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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1 tbsp unflavored gelatin (1pkg)
1/2 cup pineapple juice, unsweetened
1 tsp coconut or almond extract
1/2 cup pineapple chunks
1 cup 2% cottage cheese
1 tsp powdered sugartwin sweetener
1 package whipped topping mix (2c size
1/2 cup 2% milk
2 tsp coconut, toasted or coloured
Directions
To colour coconut, put a small drop of food colouring in a saucer and
stir the coconut around in it or brown slightly in a non-stick pan.
Sprinkle gelatin over pineapple juice in a small saucepan, let stand
5 min to soften. Add coconut extract. Heat just until gelatin melts.
Cool to room temperature. Pour into large mixing bowl.
Place pineapple chunks, cottage cheese and sweetener in food
processor. Puree. Mix into gelatin mixture.
Combine whipped topping mix and milk. Beat until stiff peaks form.
Fold into gelatin mixture. Pour into 4 cup bowl or individual
serving dish. Sprinkle with toasted coconut. MY WAY - divide into 8
stem glasses or fancy little dessert dishes and top each with a piece
of cherry. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.
8 servings, each 1/2 protein choice, 1 fruit & veg. 8 g carbohydrate,
5 g protein, 3 g fat (79 calories)
Source: Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Association Cost to make
about $2.71 (.34 per serving) Shared by Elizabeth Rodier Mar 93.
Servings: 8
Diet Pineapple Dream Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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The South Beach Diet
The South Beach diet is a diet plan created by Cardiologist arthur agatston which emphasizes that dieters should eat "good carbs" instead of "bad carbohydrates" and "good fats" instead of "bad fats" Doctor agatston invented his nutritional system as an aid to patients with heart conditions, as a result of his detailed analysis of scientific studies on other weight loss studies. Examples of good foods include, broiled ham, skinless poultry, fish and shellfish, low or fat free cheeses, pecan halves, lowfat milk and certain vegetables, like butter beans, celery and water chestnuts. The low-cal diet In simple terms, low calorie diet is based on the fact that if you plan to achieve weight loss, the important thing to take in less calories than you use. Definition of a calorie? The calorie is the unit used for measuring the amount of energy in food. A food calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure. If your meal has higher calories, then it will will give you a larger amount of energy when your body digests it. Low calorie food types include celery, watercress, water melon, low fat hot-dogs, and bamboo shoots. Foods rich in flavonoids (inlcudes citrus fruits, apples, soya beans & peppermint) The nutrients known as flavonoids which exist in these fruit and vegetables are thought to have properties as anti-carcinogens. Specialists looking into the properties of flavonoids think that they also have most other health giving capabilities, including antiviral and antioxidant capabilities. The majority of these are low in calories, so should be included in your diet. |