Southern Banana Pudding

Southern Banana Pudding

Southern Banana Pudding

This traditional dessert with a healthy twist will please your entire family.

3¾ cups cold, fat-free milk

2   small packages (4 serving size) of fat-free, sugar-free

instant vanilla pudding and pie-filling mix

32 reduced-fat vanilla wafers

2   medium bananas, sliced

2   cups fat-free, frozen whipped topping, thawed

1. Mix 3½ cups of the milk with the pudding mixes. Beat the pudding mixture with a wire whisk for 2 minutes until it is well blended. Let stand for 5 minutes.

2. Fold 1 cup of the whipped topping into the pudding mix.

3. Arrange a layer of wafers on the bottom and sides of a 2-quart serving bowl. Drizzle 2 tablespoons of the remaining milk over the wafers. Add a layer of banana slices and top with one-third of the pudding.

4. Repeat layers, drizzling wafer layer with remaining milk and ending with pudding. Spread the remaining whipped topping over the pudding.

5. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.

Yield:                         10 servings 

Serving size:              ¾ cup 

Calories                     143 

Total Fat                    2 g 

Saturated Fat            1 g 

Cholesterol                2 mg 

Sodium                      329 mg 

Total Fiber                1 g 

Protein                      4 g 

Carbohydrates         29 g 

Potassium                 237 mg