Banana Pudding Squares

Recipe Courtesy of Kraft

A favorite homey pudding dessert gets updated with a fresh banana cream flavor twist!

Ingredients

• 3 Cups fat free milk cold
• 1 Package PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, 1/3 Less Fat softened
• 1 Cup margarine (1/2 stick) melted
• 1 Cup powdered sugar
• 1 tub COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping (8 oz) thawed
• 35 Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers finely crushed
• 3 bananas
• 2 Package JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Reduced Calorie Pudding & Pie Filling (4-serving size each)
• 1 square BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate grated

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Directions

1. COMBINE wafer crumbs and margarine; press firmly onto bottom of 13×9-inch dish. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
2. MIX Neufchatel cheese and sugar until well blended. Stir in 1-1/2 cups of the whipped topping; spread carefully onto crust. Set aside. Cut bananas crosswise in half, then cut each piece lengthwise in half. Arrange over Neufchatel cheese mixture.
3. POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. Spoon over bananas. Spread with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle with chocolate. Refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving. Store any leftover dessert in refrigerator.
4. How to Evenly Spread Whipped Topping over Dessert: Stir remaining whipped topping gently in tub to soften. Place small dollops of topping evenly over top of dessert, then use a small metal spatula to spread whipped topping in an even layer.
5. How to Easily Remove Dessert from Dish: Line dish with foil before using, with ends of foil extending over sides of dish. Prepare recipe as directed. When ready to serve, remove dessert from dish using foil handles. Cut into pieces to serve.
6. Makeover – How We Did It: We’ve made over this favorite dessert to save you 80 calories and 13 g of fat per serving compared to the traditional recipe. We used Reduced Fat NILLA Wafers and margarine instead of flour, butter and peanuts for the crust. In addition, we cut the amount of sugar and chocolate in half and used better-for-you products in the creamy layers. These simple changes result in a great-tasting dessert that can save you both fat and calories!
7. Substitute: Prepare as directed, using JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Reduced Calorie Pudding & Pie Filling.
8. Nutrition Bonus: This great-tasting dessert is made with better-for-you products and can fit into your overall healthful eating plan!

Yield: Makes 24 servings.

 

Prep Time: 30 min    Cook Time: 3 hr

Note: Nutrition Information Per Serving (24 servings): 120 calories, 5g total fat, 2.5g saturated fat, 5mg cholesterol, 200mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate, 0g dietary fiber, 9g sugars, 2g protein, 6%DV vitamin A, 2%DV vitamin C, 4%DV calcium, 0%DV iron. Nutrition Information Per Serving (16 servings): 170 calories, 7g total fat, 3.5g saturated fat, 10mg cholesterol, 290mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate, less than 1g dietary fiber, 14g sugars, 4g protein, 8%DV vitamin A, 4%DV vitamin C, 6%DV calcium, 2%DV iron.

Nutritional Info

• 120 Calories
• 5g Total fat
• 2g Saturated fat
• 5mg Cholesterol
• 210mg Sodium
• 18g Carbohydrate
• 1g Dietary fiber

• 10g Sugars
• 2g Protein
• 6%DV Vitamin A
• 2%DV Vitamin C
• 4%DV Calcium
• 2%DV Iron

Many uses of coffee filters

No matter what the state of the economy, it’s no match for savvy and creative Mommas. I love finding economical ways to resuse products and ”reinvent the wheel” so to speak on uses/resues of products. One of my cousins sent this to me in an email and I wanted to share it, who knew there were so many uses for filters that I’ve purchased that was the wrong sizes.

  And you can buy 1,000 at  the  Dollar Tree / Store for almost  nothing. 

 
 1. Cover  bowls or dishes when cooking in the  microwave.
Coffee filters make excellent covers.  
 
2. Clean windows and  mirrors.  Coffee filters are lint-free so they’ll leave windows  sparkling.


3.  Protect China
  Separate your good dishes by putting a  coffee  filter between each dish.


4.  Filter broken cork from wine.  If you break the cork when  opening a wine  bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.  


5.  Protect a cast-iron skillet.  Place a coffee filter in the  skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.


6.  Apply shoe polish.  Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.  


7.  Recycle frying oil.  After frying, strain oil through a sieve  lined with a coffee filter.


8.  Weigh chopped foods.  Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a  kitchen scale.


9.  Hold tacos.  Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy  foods.


10.  Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot.  Line a plant  pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through  the drainage holes.


11.  Prevent a Popsicle from dripping.  Poke one or two holes as  needed in a coffee filter.


12.  Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows?  Use  strips of coffee filters.


13.  Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken  fingers, etc on them.  Soaks out most all the grease.  

 
14.  Keep in the bathroom.  They make great “razor nick  fixers.”  

 

 

 

OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TO USE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERS

I know there’s many other uses, please impart your savvy uses with us by leaving a comment!