My mom used to make this fabulous pistachio ’salad’ its always been one of my favorites but it was so not low fat, not in the least!

I was craving it in the worst way the other day so I decided to give it a diet make over.

Here is the new recipe!

One box of instant pistachio pudding (2g of fat per box)

One cup of cold skim milk (0 g of fat per box)

Two cans of pineapple, either tidbits or chunks, if you only have crushed that’ll work ok. Drain these well. (0 g of fat)

One cup of mini marshmallows( 0 g of fat)

Half a container of fat free cool whip (0 g of fat)

Directions:

Add the milk to the pudding mix in a bowl, stir until combined then place in the fridge until its set, about 10 minutes. Now dump in the drained pineapple, cool whip and marshmallows and stir until combined. This is best if it sits on the fridge overnight. The pineapple gets a little sweeter and the marshmallows plump a bit. Its not the healthiest thing in the world but its SO good. It’s a nice occasional treat. The original recipe called for an entire tub of cool whip, lots more marshmallows and only one can of pineapple, which results in a much more ‘fluffy’ but less healthy dessert.

Posted by Shelley in Whatever on May 16th, 2007 |