Pear Gelatin Salad
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.6 ServingsPrep: 10 min. + chilling
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.
Nutrition Facts: 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.