What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Simple Sensations: Pina Colada Pie! Sometimes it’s necessary to serve your guests a dessert low in sugar. This one is perfect because it boasts tropical flavor with enough fruity sweetness to satisfy that sugar craving which follows at the end of a meal. Please note you may substitute a sugar-free graham cracker crust for the homemade cookie crust.
PINA COLADA PIE
Ingredients for Homemade Cookie Crust:
2 cups Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies, crushed
1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Mix crushed shortbread cookies and melted butter. Press crumb mixture into a pie plate sprayed with nonstick oil. Bake 10 minutes. Cool before filling.
Ingredients for Filling:
2 8-ounce blocks of Neufchâtel cheese
1 small box Sugar Free/Fat Free Lemon Jello
1 small box Sugar Free/Fat Free Vanilla Instant Pudding
4-ounce of Lite Cool Whip
1 8-ounce can crushed Pineapple in Natural Juices, do not drain
1 teaspoon Coconut flavor
Instructions:
Soften Neufchâtel cheese and add other ingredients. Stir until well blended. Pour into pie crust and chill for several hours or overnight.
*Garnish: Toast 1/2 cup flake coconut in 350° oven for 4 minutes. Watch! Set aside to cool. Fresh strawberries also make an appealing garnish.
Thank you, Gail, for the wonderful idea for a pie, and for the beautiful presentation!
Joanna
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Always, Joanna. 🍃🍓🍍
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Thank you, Gail!
Joanna
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My pleasure, Joanna. 🍃🍓
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Understandable
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Yummy!
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The hubs went crazy over it! 💜🧡🩷
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Now you’ve gone and done it. Again! Combining two favorites in your mad science. I am going to be SO efficient now!
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Plus…….bonus points for low-cal. 😜🍃🍓🍍
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Wonderful!
But you probably don’t have any left, right?
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Not at the moment. I had dinner guests who wanted a “to-go” box. 🤣🍃🍓
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Great idea, this looks delicious!! 😋 perfect for summer!
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Thank youuuu, Hannah! 🍍🍃🍓
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What a show pony of a dessert.
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Thanks for the high praise, Peggy. 🌟✨💫
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