Heather's Reviewed Recipes

Heavenly Butterscotch Isle Apple Salad

If you've ever taken a glass-bottomed boat trip around California's Catalina Island, you know what a little piece of heaven that can be! Here's a lovely and cool salad combo that would be just the ticket as part of a summer luncheon overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Serves 6

1 (4-serving) package JELL-O sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix
2/3 cup Carnation Nonfat Dry Milk Powder
1 cup (one 8-ounce can) crushed pineapple, packed in fruit juice, undrained
1/4 cup water
3/4 cup Cool Whip Free
1 teaspoon coconut extract
2 cups (4 small) cored, unpeeled, and diced Red Delicious apples
2 tablespoons flaked coconut

In a large bowl, combine dry pudding mix, dry milk powder, undrained pineapple, and water. Mix well using a wire whisk. Blend in Cool Whip Free and coconut extract. Add apples. Mix well to combine. Evenly spoon mixture into 6 salad dishes. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon coconut evenly over top of each. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes.

Each Serving Equals:
HE: 1 Fruit, 1/3 Skim Milk, 1/4 Slider, 17 Optional Calories
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108 Calories, 0gm Fat, 3gm Protein, 24gm Carbohydrate, 277mg Sodium,
101mg Calcium, 1gm Fiber
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DIABETIC: 1 Fruit, 1/2 Starch

"Cooking Healthy Across America pg. 197 or Healthy Exchanges Food Newsletter, October 2000, pg. 12"