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Cool and creamy fruit dessert

December 5, 2019

Recipe

This chilled dessert combines cream cheese, yogurt, oranges, peaches and pineapple. It's topped with toasted coconut.

Serves 4

Ounce for ounce, mandarin oranges have about half the vitamin C that oranges do, but they have three times the vitamin A (carotene).

In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, yogurt, sugar and vanilla. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat until smooth.

Drain the canned fruit. In a separate bowl, combine the oranges, peaches and pineapple. Add the cream cheese mixture and fold together. Cover and refrigerate until well-chilled.

Transfer to a serving bowl or individual bowls. Garnish with shredded coconut and serve immediately.

4 ounces fat-free cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 can (15 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained
1 can (14.5 ounces) water-packed sliced peaches, drained
1 can (8 ounces) water-packed pineapple chunks, drained
4 tablespoons shredded coconut, toasted

DASH Eating Plan Servings

Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) Fats and oils 2 Fruits Grains and grain products Meats, poultry and fish Nuts, seeds and dry beans 1 Sweets Vegetables

Diabetes Meal Plan Choices

Fats Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 2 Fruits Meat and meat substitutes Milk and milk products Nonstarchy vegetables Starches 1 Sweets, desserts and other carbohydrates

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings

Carbohydrates Fats 2 Fruits Protein and dairy 1 Sweets Vegetables

Nutritional analysis per serving

Calcium 206 Calories 41 g Total carbohydrate 3 mg Cholesterol 2 g Dietary fiber Trace Monounsaturated fat Potassium 6 g Protein 1.5 g Saturated fat About 1 cup Serving size 241 mg Sodium 2 g Total fat