Pineapple treat

This is a fast treat that is ready to eat in minutes, is low Calorie and sodium, fast and easy to make, and is really tasty too.

mg	Calories	qty	unit	ingredient	pct vol
60	240	1/2	tub (8 oz)	whipped topping - fat free	70%
0	140	1/2	can (8 oz)	crushed pineapple - in own juice - drained	30%
Label compare ingredients: whipped topping, crushed pineapple Makes about 4 servings. This recipe makes about 16 oz of treat, that, when broken into four parts, means each 4 oz treat is 95 Calories, 20 mg sodium. Compares to fat free cottage cheese used in place of whipped topping, which is 160 Calories, and 300 mg sodium, according to the store label (cottage cheese is also about 3.5 times more expensive).

When you have 1/2 tub FF whipped topping, or a full one and one empty container, the topping container in this recipe can serve as mixing and storage for the mixture. Drain the can of shredded pineapple of as much as possible, then chill fully drained pineapple before mixing (note: you can use juice as sugar replacement in other recipes).


Options to turn it into "five cup" type salad (which called that because you use one cup of each ingredient to make five cups of treat):
add unsalted chopped nuts
add small marshmallows
add toasted coconut
add drained fruit salad packed in fruit juice

I often prefer the simple two ingredient mixture because it is fast to make, low Calorie and sodium, stores well in a tub that contains the ingredients, and when dishing it out, I do not need to measure, as I just take a quarter of the completed mixture per serving residing in the tub.

Calories go up to much larger numbers if you do use these ingredients to attain a five cup type salad. However, five cup salad it is still low sodium.