Kitchen Hint of the Day!

Drink the Milk....

A way to decrease the amount of fat and calories in your recipes is to use fat-free milk or 1% milk instead of whole or reduced-fat (2%) milk. For extra richness, try fat-free half-and-half or evaporated skim milk.

Diabetic Dish of the Week - Banana Cream Pie

This week's Diabetic Dish of the Week is Banana Cream Pie. Got a classic Dessert made a little healthier, Banana Cream Pie. It's from one of my favorite sites the CooksRecipes website. Cooks has a fantastic selection of recipes for all tastes and cuisines.  http://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html

Banana Cream Pie

A decadent looking pie that has 39% less calories than the traditional recipe. No flavor is lost, just calories!

Recipe Ingredients:

Pie pastry for single crust 9-inch pie

1 1/4 cups Equal® Spoonful*

7 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 1/2 cups 2% milk

2 large egg yolks

1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped ripe bananas (about 3 medium)

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 cups frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed

Cooking Directions:

1 - Pierce bottom of pie pastry with tines of a fork. Bake in preheated 375°F oven 12 to 15 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Cool completely on wire rack.

2 - Meanwhile, combine Equal®, cornstarch and salt in medium size saucepan. Whisk in milk until mixture is smooth. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, whisking constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute or until thickened.

3 - Beat egg yolks in small bowl until smooth. Stir about 1/2 cup hot milk mixture into eggs. Whisk egg mixture back into mixture in saucepan. Cook over very low heat, whisking constantly, 30 to 60 seconds. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes.

4 - Meanwhile, combine chopped bananas and lemon juice. Fold into milk mixture. Spoon into baked pie shell. Refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until filling is set.

5 - Spread prepared whipped topping over filling. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Makes 8 servings.

*May substitute 30 packets Equal sweetener

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/8 of recipe): calories 228, protein 5 g, carbohydrate 34 g, fat 8 g, cholesterol 62 mg, sodium 206 mg.

http://www.cooksrecipes.com/diabetic/banana_cream_pie_recipe.html