A really good way to make several low fat/low calorie things is to make yogurt cheese. You get non-fat, plain yogurt (try to find some without pectin). I buy the large tub (32 oz, I think). You put it in cheese cloth and "hang" it in your fridge with a bowl underneath to let the whey or liquid drain out of the yogurt. If you let it drain about 24 hours, you have "cheese" the consistency of cream cheese. If you google yogurt cheese - you can find lots of recipes. One of my favorite is a jello salad.
1 box sugar free lime jello
1 small carton non fat cottage cheese
1 can crushed pineapple - drained
1 cup (or more to taste) of yogurt cheese.
Make jello and let partially set. Stir in cottage cheese, pineapple. Then use a mixer to beat in the yogurt cheese. I like to leave a few "chunks" of the yogurt cheese. This is a great salad - VERY low fat and low cal!
You can use yogurt cheese in almost any salad that calls for cream cheese. If you use sugar free or non-fat ingrediants, you can make some really tasty low fat/low cal salads/desserts!
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