Red, White And Blue Parfait
- 8 ounces fresh strawberries (for about 1 C chopped)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 ounces store-bought pecan sandies, see note (about 8 cookies, for 1 C crumbs)
- 1/2 cup Cool Whip Lite
- 4 teaspoons Cool Whip Lite (to garnish)
- 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 8 ounces about 1 c fresh blueberries
- Cap strawberries, cut into bite-size pieces and place them in small mixing bowl.
- Sprinkle sugar over berries and stir. Use spoon to crush berries slightly so they will release juice. Set aside.
- Place cookies in zipper-top plastic bag and use rolling pin to crush them finely. Set aside.
- In small bowl or 2-cup measure, stir together 1/2 C of whipped topping and yogurt until well blended. Set aside.
- Divide cookie crumbs evenly in bottom of 4 parfait glasses or other dessert dishes (that hold at least 1 cup).
- Spoon strawberry mixture evenly over crumbs.
- Spoon yogurt mixture evenly over strawberries.
- Divide blueberries evenly, and scatter them over yogurt mixture in each dish.
- The dishes may be served at once or covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated until ready to serve, up to 3 hours.
- Just before serving, dollop 1 tsp of whipped topping on top of each dish as a garnish.
- Note: Plain shortbread cookies, vanilla wafers or butter cookies may be substituted for the pecan sandies.
fresh strawberries, sugar, storebought pecan sandies, lowfat vanilla yogurt, fresh blueberries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/red-white-and-blue-parfait-211779 (may not work)