Strawberry Pie...FROSTed with blueberries
The trip to the strawberry fields last week inspired me to make a Strawberry Pie. A great idea for a 4th of July party!
(This recipe was adapted from Strawberry Pie by Cooking Light)
Ingredients:
Crust:
50 low-cal vanilla wafers
1/4 cup margarine, melted
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tsp grated orange rind
Cooking spray
Filling:
2 cups ripe strawberries
1/2 cup water
2/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespon fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 cups of sliced strawberries
coolwhip
Preheat oven to 350
Put the cookies in the blender and ground them up. Add butter , sugar and orange rind until wafers are moist. Press them into the pie pan that I sprayed first. Bake for 15 minutes. cool.
Mash 2 cups of strawberries wuth a potato masher. Combine with water is a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook about 5 minutes, stirring and stirring.
Press the strawberry mixture through a sieve and discard pulp. Reserve 1 cup of strawberry liquid and combine with 2/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Whisk-it and bring to a boil, cook one minute. Reduce heat and cook for a few more minutes squeeze in the lemon juice.
Place sliced strawberries in the crust and pour a little of the mixture over the top. Repeat layer. Chill for a few hours in the fridge.
I see hearts in the pie!!!
Frost it with Cool Whip and arrange blueberries on top.
Yummy and only 250 calories per slice.
Enjoy!
xox
lisA
(This recipe was adapted from Strawberry Pie by Cooking Light)
Ingredients:
Crust:
50 low-cal vanilla wafers
1/4 cup margarine, melted
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tsp grated orange rind
Cooking spray
Filling:
2 cups ripe strawberries
1/2 cup water
2/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespon fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 cups of sliced strawberries
coolwhip
Preheat oven to 350
Put the cookies in the blender and ground them up. Add butter , sugar and orange rind until wafers are moist. Press them into the pie pan that I sprayed first. Bake for 15 minutes. cool.
Mash 2 cups of strawberries wuth a potato masher. Combine with water is a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook about 5 minutes, stirring and stirring.
Press the strawberry mixture through a sieve and discard pulp. Reserve 1 cup of strawberry liquid and combine with 2/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Whisk-it and bring to a boil, cook one minute. Reduce heat and cook for a few more minutes squeeze in the lemon juice.
Place sliced strawberries in the crust and pour a little of the mixture over the top. Repeat layer. Chill for a few hours in the fridge.
I see hearts in the pie!!!
Frost it with Cool Whip and arrange blueberries on top.
Yummy and only 250 calories per slice.
Enjoy!
xox
lisA
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