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Festive Fruit Salad

SUBMITTED BY: Ashley Braswell

"In Huntsville, Alabama, Ashley Braswell dresses up her fruit salad with yogurt cheese--the solids remaining after the whey has been drained from yogurt."
PREP TIME  20 Min
READY IN  20 Min

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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups reduced-fat vanilla yogurt
  • 4 large firm bananas, sliced
  • 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
  • 1 cup miniature marshmallows
  • 1/4 cup flaked coconut, toasted

DIRECTIONS

  1. Line a strainer with 4 layers of cheesecloth and place over a bowl. Place yogurt in prepared strainer; cover yogurt with edges of cheesecloth. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Remove yogurt from cheesecloth and discard liquid from bowl.
  2. Combine the bananas, oranges, pineapple, marshmallows and coconut. Add yogurt; stir gently to combine. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

FOOTNOTE

  • Nutritional Analysis: 3/4 cup equals 192 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 44 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2-1/2 fruit, 1/2 low-fat milk.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 3, 2008 by Amanda J.
Very good, though I must admit I didn't have time to drain the whey off of the yogurt. I just... MORE


 
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