Diabetic Cherry Pie

dess1 Diabetic Cherry Pie - This simple yet sensational, sugar free cherry pie, is the perfect diabetic dessert recipe! Naturally sweet and tart cherries combined with sugar free gelatin and pudding mix, poured into a pre-baked pie crust. Definately a Must Try, if you have been looking for a new diabetic dessert recipe!

Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Servings: 6-8
Main Ingredient: Cherries
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Diabetic Cherry Pie

2 (16 oz.) cans pitted tart cherries (in water - no syrup)
1 large box cook & serve sugar-free vanilla pudding mix
1 small box sugar-free cherry gelatin
Sugar substitute to equal 4 tsp sugar
1 baked 9-inch pastry shell

Directions to make Diabetic Cherry Pie

Step 1:

Drain cherries, reserving juice. Set cherries aside.

Step 2:

In a saucepan, combine cherry juice and dry pudding mix. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened and bubbly.

Step 3:

Remove from heat; stir in gelatin powder and sweetener until dissolved. Stir in the cherries; transfer to pie shell. Cool completely. Store in refrigerator.

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Holiday Pink Pears

pchprs Holiday Pink Pears - This exotic, quick-fix, holiday dessert recipe is irresistable, and looks fabulous on any brunch table, especially, Christmas, Easter, or Thanksgiving. The cranberry in the juice gives them a pretty pink color and an abundance of fruity flavor. A quick, easy microwave recipe that is divine!

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 6-8 mins
Servings: 4
Main Ingredient: Pears
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Holiday Pink Pears

4 Pears, preferably Bosc
2 t Fresh lemon juice
1 c Cranapple juice

Directions to make Holiday Pink Pears

Step 1:Halve, peel, and core the pears. Sprinkle freshly cut pears with lemon juice to prevent browning. Place in microwave-safe dish and cover with cranapple juice.
Step 2:Cover and cook on high 6 - 8 minutes or until pears are fork tender. (Check the pears after 6 minutes; the fresher the pears, the longer they’ll take to cook.) Spoon juice over pears, cover, and let stand 30 minutes or refrigerate overnight.

Frozen Fruit Delight

frz_frt Frozen Fruit Delight - This exquisite, frozen berry delight, dessert recipe is a rich mixture of fresh berries, juice and yogurt, and is full of fabulous flavor from those berries. Very versatile, you can have it for breakfast, lunch, snack, kids absolutely love it. And best of all, an easy, healthy dessert!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Main Ingredient: Fruit, Fruit Juice
Difficulty Level: 1

Ingredients to make Frozen Fruit Delight

1 tb Unflavored gelatin
2 tb Water, cold
1 tb Lemon juice
1 c Unsweetened frozen raspberries, pureed, OR your favorite berry)
1 t Lemon rind, or orange rind
2 tb Frozen apple juice concentrate
2 c Plain lowfat yogurt

**Vary the fruit juice and fruit puree combinations to develop your own creative desserts according to the seasons. It takes almost two cups of fruit to make one cup of puree. Bananas can be mashed with a fork; other fruits do better in a blender.

***If desired, use 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, cinnamon or cardamom in place of lemon or orange rind. Honey may be used in place of the juice concentrate.

Directions to make Frozen Fruit Delight

Step 1:Soften gelatin in cold water for 2-3 minutes. Combine gelatin, lemon juice, fruit puree, grated rind or seasoning, fruit juice concentrate and yogurt and mix thoroughly. Freeze until crystals begin to form around the edges.
Step 2:About 30 minutes before serving, remove from freezer to refrigerator to allow dessert to soften. Scoop into stemmed dessert dishes for a festive presentation.

Sweet Carrot Pineapple Cake

des_ck Sweet Carrot Pineapple Cake - This delightful, dessert recipe, is the perfect way to cook something deliciously cozy for company, and one they will soon be asking for, every time you get together. Naturally sweetened with fresh fruits and vegetables, this easy, healthy dessert is low fat and sugar free!

Prep Time: 15-20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Servings: 8
Main Ingredient: Carrot, Pineapple
Difficulty Level: 2

Ingredients to make Sweet Carrot Pineapple Cake

1/2 c Low Fat margarine,softened
3 Eggs** For low fat use egg substitute
1 c Thawed frozen unsweetened pineapple juice concentrate
2 ts Vanilla
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground nutmeg
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
3 c Shredded carrots

ICING
8 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 cn (8 oz) crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice,drained
1 ts Vanilla

Directions to make Sweet Carrot Pineapple Cake

Step 1:Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter in large bowl until creamy. Blend in eggs, pineapple juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Gradually add to egg mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in carrots.
Step 2:Spread batter evenly into greased 12 x 8 inch baking dish. Bake 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
Step 3:Prepare Icing by combining all ingredients. Spread over cooled cake.