Light Lemon Pie Recipe

Light Lemon Pie Recipe
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Rating

87% would make again

A drizzle of spreadable fruit lends a decorative and tasty touch to this appealing dessert from Ruby Fleeman of Santa Ana, Texas. One slice of the creamy and refreshing pie just won't be enough! "It's great for diabetics," Ruby says, "but even the rest of my family enjoys it."

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  • 8 Servings
  • Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Ingredients

  • 1 package (.3 ounces) sugar-free lemon gelatin
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 3/4 cup cold water
  • Sugar substitute equivalent to 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) 1% cottage cheese
  • 1 carton (8 ounces) frozen reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed
  • 1 reduced-fat graham cracker crust (8 inches)
  • 1/2 cup 100% strawberry spreadable fruit
  • 8 large strawberries, halved

Directions

  • In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in cold water and sugar substitute. Refrigerate until partially set.
  • In a fine strainer, drain the cottage cheese. Place cottage cheese in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl; stir in gelatin mixture. Fold in whipped topping.
  • Pour into crust. Refrigerate until set. Just before serving, cut into slices; garnish each with 1 tablespoon spreadable fruit and two strawberry halves. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals 216 calories, 7 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 4 mg cholesterol, 213 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 5 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fat, 1 starch, 1 fruit.

Light Lemon Pie published in Taste of Home June/July 2004, p21

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Light Lemon Pie Recipe

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Reviewed on Jun. 13, 2008 by annod1

This is a wonderful pie! My blender would not blend the cottage cheese, so I added the partially set gelatin to the cottage cheese in the blender and it came out great.

Reviewed on May. 20, 2008 by DevinsHoney

I really enjoyed this pie. I used 3/4 crushed ice instead of water because I wanted to quick set it. I had it done in about 10 minutes. My daughter who is a very good cook, wanted to take the entire pie home with her. It is a keeper recipe.

Reviewed on May. 15, 2008 by cooklopez

This sounds exactly like a recipe I had about 20 some odd yrs.ago.I lost 150lbs. using this recipe as a splurge instead of something really fattening so I didn't go off my diet.

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