Drain juice from pineapple into saucepan. Sprinkle gelatin into saucepan. Wait 1 minute until it is soft, then gently heat until gelatin melts.
Remove from heat and stir in crushed pineapple, thawed orange juice and low calorie sweetener.
Store in clean, covered jar in refrigerator.
Combine water and lime juice.
Add well chilled low-calorie beverage and sparkling water.
Add a few drops of mint extract, green food color and non-calorie sweetener to taste.
Float ice cubes made with green food coloring.
In 2 quarts of water, add cut up vegetables.
Do not use any starchy vegetables.
If desired, use 1 envelope onion soup mix, bouillon or low-fat broth.
Season to taste with Mrs. Dash seasoning or your own preference.
Cook until vegetables are tender.
One cup equals 25 calories.
If on low-sodium diet, use low-sodium soup base or low-sodium spices.
elatin mixture.
Place over low heat; stir constantly until gelatin
Spray a nonstick skillet with a nonfat cooking spray.
Add the low calorie spread as needed.
Stir-fry all ingredients, except shrimp, over medium heat until done (about 10 minutes).
Add a combination of soy sauce and water to make a sauce.
Add the shrimp and cook over low heat for a few minutes.
Mix all ingredients together.
Put sugar-free pudding (dry) with other ingredients.
Stir over low heat until thickened.
Can add raisins.
Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Spray two 8-inch round layer pans with Pam.
Sift together cornstarch, flour and baking powder.
In separate deep bowl, beat eggs with electric mixer until foamy. Beat in sugar and Sweet 'N Low gradually.
Continue beating 5 minutes or until mix is thick and lemon colored.
Gently fold in dry ingredients a few tablespoons at a time, mixing carefully and thoroughly.
Turn into prepared pans.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
Combine cornmeal, flour, low calorie sweetener, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix until thoroughly moistened. Divide batter between muffin cups.
Bake 16-18 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in the center.
Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender.
Add any choice of favorite herbs or salt substitute.
Use by the tablespoons as low calorie thickening for soups, sauces, stews and other dishes.
Store in refrigerator.
Dissolve Jell-O in 2/3 cup boiling water; let cool.
Spray glass pie pan with Pam.
Press graham cracker crumbs on bottom of sprayed pie pan.
Blend cottage cheese and cream cheese in blender or mixer.
Add Jell-O and beat or blend at medium speed for 20 minutes.
Fold in Cool Whip; add to pie pan.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
When ready to serve, spoon desired lite pie filling on slice of cheese cake.
Delicious dessert plus being low calorie.
Clean chicken breasts.
Place in large bowl and pour dressing over the top; let it soak for several hours.
The longer, the better.
Place chicken on grill and cook on medium to low heat so chicken will not burn.
Heat and melt margarine at low heat.
Stir in flour until smooth.
Gradually add chicken broth and simmer until thick.
Add milk gradually.
Add cheese and season to taste.
Combine tequila and lime juice; stir in Crystal Light packet until sugar dissolves.
Add diet soda and stir; pour over crushed ice and garnish with lime slice, if desired.
Cook potatoes in jackets.
Peel and cube.
Pour low calorie French dressing over warm potatoes.
Chill 2 hours.
Add celery, onion, hard-boiled eggs (sliced) and 1 teaspoon salt.
Combine low calorie mayonnaise and prepared mustard.
Carefully mix with potato mixture.
Add celery seed, if desired.
Chill 4 hours. Makes 8 servings.
Mix pudding mix, gelatin and water; bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and add orange concentrate.
Let mixture cool and fold in Cool Whip.
Put in baked pie crust and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
Makes 6 or 8 servings.
Cook pudding according to directions.
When finished cooking, add condensed milk. Stir together and pour into freezer container. Carefully fry nuts in butter until just beginning to turn golden brown.
Do not burn.
Add nuts and mashed bananas along with other ingredients to pudding/canned milk mixture.
Add enough milk to reach fill line.
Add NutraSweet to taste.
Freeze and enjoy.
Combine all ingredients and mix well.
Package in airtight containers.
Makes 2 1/2 cups.
Combine 2 heaping teaspoonfuls mix with 1 cup boiling water.
Makes a 12-quart drink.
In a 2-quart casserole, combine beans and the water.
Cook, covered, on 100% power (High) for 5 minutes.
Add potatoes.
Cook, covered, on High for 8 to 10 minutes (10 to 12 minutes in low-wattage ovens) or until beans and potatoes are tender, stirring once.
Drain in a colander; set aside.
In the same casserole, stir together mayonnaise or salad dressing, yogurt, milk, onion salt and dill weed.
Stir in beans and potatoes. Cover and chill for 4 hours or until thoroughly chilled.
Stir in chopped tomato.
Makes 6 servings.
Beat first 2 ingredients for 2 to 3 minutes on low and set in refrigerator.
Place graham crackers in a gallon size plastic Ziploc bag.
Crush with rolling pin.
Place about half of crumbs in bottom of container.
Cover with 1 sliced banana.
Then cover with pudding.
Slice 1 more small banana over pudding.
Sprinkle with about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of cracker crumbs.
Very good and low calorie. Makes 6 servings.
Place sliced apples in the bottom of an 8-inch square baking dish.
Mix raisins, water, sweetener and spice together.
Sprinkle over apples.
Mix vanilla flavored low calorie beverage, cereal and margarine together.
Sprinkle over all ingredients in baking dish.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 45 minutes.
Can be microwaved on High for 15 minutes.
Divide evenly.
Each serving equals 1 fruit, 1/4 milk, 1/4 bread and 1/4 fat.