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Robin's Favorite Fruit Trifle with Sugar Substitutes

This recipe is also available in its original version!

Ingredients:

1 sugar-free angel food cake sliced in ¼ - ½ inch slices
6 cups of frozen or fresh whole fruit (without sugar; berries and cherries work well).
¼ cup artificial sweetener if desired
1 package sugar-free vanilla pudding (cooked type)
1-quart sugar-free, non-fat vanilla yogurt
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups lite Cool Whip®, optional
Mint leaves for garnish, optional

Directions:

Make vanilla pudding with skim or 1% milk according to package directions.
Cover with film directly on top of pudding. Let cool.
Combine cooled pudding with vanilla yogurt and add 1 tsp vanilla. Mix together.
Cover bottom of a straight-sided glass bowl with sliced angel food cake.
Cover with 2 cups of fruit.
Sprinkle with sugar if desired.
Spoon pudding/yogurt mixture over fruit.
Repeat with 2 more layers as above, gently pressing on the cake layer, until bowl is almost full.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/12 recipe
Servings Per Recipe 12

Amount Per Serving

Calories 150

Total Fat 1.3 g

Saturated Fat 1.3 g

Monounsaturated Fat 0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g

Total Carbohydrate 32 g
(after subtracting fiber = 29.4)

Dietary Fiber 2.6 g

Protein 4.6 g

Sodium 211 mg

Exchanges per Serving

2 Starch

2 Carbohydrate Choices

Note: Can be made 24 hours in advance and covered with plastic film; garnish just before serving.

Courtesy of: Robin Williams, MA, RD, CDE

Presentation Ideas: Garnish with either ¼ cup frozen fruit and Cool Whip® or ¼ cup seasonal fresh fruit with fresh mint leaves.

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