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Pear Gelatin Salad Recipe

This light and refreshing salad from Carol Keinard blends fat-free vanilla yogurt with lime gelatin to showcase convenient canned pears. "I often make a double batch—one for my family and one to take to a covered-dish supper," Carol notes from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

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Pear Gelatin Salad Recipe

Prep: 10 min. + chilling

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 can (15 ounces) reduced-sugar sliced pears
1 package (.6 ounce) sugar-free lime gelatin or 2 packages (.3 ounce each) sugar-free lime gelatin
2 cups boiling water
3/4 cup (6 ounces) fat-free reduced-sugar vanilla yogurt
1/4 cup cold water

Directions

Drain pears, reserving 1/2 cup liquid. In a bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Place yogurt in a bowl. Gradually whisk in 1 cup gelatin mixture until blended. Transfer to an 8-in. square dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until almost set.
Stir cold water and reserved liquid into remaining gelatin mixture (do not refrigerate). Arrange pears on gelatin-yogurt mixture. Carefully spoon remaining gelatin mixture over pears. Cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours or until firm. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One piece equals 61 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 90 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit.

Originally published as Pear Gelatin Salad in Light & Tasty October/November 2004, p14