Please use these low-fat recipes here as alternates or wherever it seems best to you.
Cracker Torte:
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 egg whites
1 cup granulated sugar
8 finely crushed saltine crackers
1 oz. walnut meats, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 10 oz. package frozen raspberries.
Sprinkle cream of tartar over egg whites in a bowl. Beat until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until meringue is very stiff. Fold in cracker crumbs, nuts and vanilla. Pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole; bake at 300 deg. one hour or until lightly browned and firm on top. Cool in pan. Meanwhile defrost raspberries. Invert torte onto serving plate or serve from casserole, topped with berries. Makes six servings. (Calories per serving 200.) Of course plain meringues may be made without the nuts and crackers, or bought from a good pastry shop. Almost any fruit or sherbet is good as a filling. Particularly delicious is pineapple sherbet served with mint sauce.
Strawberry Delight:
Use individual slices of Angel Food, preferably slightly stale. Cover thinly with Royal Vanilla Pudding (made with skim milk). Decorate generously with fresh or frozen strawberries. Pour over heated currant jelly as a glaze and chill. (Approximately 175 calories.)
When there are guests for dinner
(Low-fat recipes)
Non-fat pie crust may be made from Corn Flakes. 1 3/4 cup Corn Flakes rolled coarse, 6 tablespoons honey and 3 tablespoons skim milk. Fill with vanilla pudding or fruit. (150 calories per serving.) Or pie crust can be made from toasted Angel Food Cake. Angel Food Cake may be used to make a kind of English Trifle, by substituting Royal Vanilla pie filling for the high-fat custard. Alternate a layer of Angel Food Cake with a layer of sherry flavored Vanilla pie filling and Raspberry Jam or cooked dried apricot jam, until the bowl is filled. (Approximately 150 calories per serving.)
