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Diabetic-friendly Key Lime Pie
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Diabetic-friendly Key Lime Pie

18 ingredients 1 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

310
Calories
15g
Protein
10g
Fat
40g
Carbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Cracker 5 saltine crackers (15g) 66
Sugar Substitute 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Gelatin 1 envelope (7g) 23
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • -filling
  • 1 packet knox unflavored
  • -gelatin
  • 3 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 9 1-gram packets equal
  • -(aspartame)
  • -sugar substitute
  • 1 9-inch graham cracker
  • -crust
  • -lime zest
  • -thin lime slices
  • 1 cup evaporated skim milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • -juice of 1 ½ limes
  • 2 drop green food coloring
  • =

Directions

1

Sprinkle gelatin over lime juice and let it stand for i minute. Add boiling water and sweetener to gelatin mixture and stir until gelatin is dissolved. Refrigerate about 45 minutes or until slightly thickened. Combine milk and vanilla and freeze 30 minutes. Remove from freezer and whip at high speed until stiff. Stir lime juice and food coloring into whipped milk. (save remaining ½ lime for garnish). Slowly blend gelatin mixture into whipped milk. Spoon pie filling into crust. Chill until firm. Garnish with lime zest and lime slices. Cut into 8 even portions and serve 1 portion per serving. Nutritive value per serving: 111 calories; 14 gm. Cholesterol; 4 gm. Protein; 5 gm. Fat; 130 mg. Sodium food exchanges per serving: 1 bread, 1 fat low-sodium diets: use salt-free crust

Recipe sourced from fandom

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