Welcome back to the kitchen folks! We’re not far from the onset of Louisiana’s strawberry season, and that means we need to be prepared to use those sweet berries in every imaginable way. Today I’m gonna show y'all how to stir up my “Angel Berry Blast” but, for the record, it doesn’t take as much cooking as it does just pouring and stirring!
“Angel Berry Blast”
•1 angel food cake, torn into bite-size pieces
•8 ounces cream cheese, softened
•1 cup strawberry yogurt
•3 teaspoons strawberry Jell-O granules
•One large package (6 ounce) vanilla pudding mix
•3 cups skim milk
•16 ounces of frozen sliced strawberries, unthawed
•8 ounces Cool Whip
For the record, folks, I used to make this dessert with fat free cream cheese, and sugar free jello and pudding mix, etc. But—I’ve come to the conclusion that the preservatives and chemicals in the fake food are worse than the calories. Now, I use the real stuff and just serve smaller helpings.
We’ll begin by stirring up one six ounce package of vanilla pudding mix according to the instructions (I still use skim milk instead of whole). Next we’ll beat in our softened cream cheese with one cup strawberry yogurt and 3 teaspoons of strawberry Jell-O granules.
Next, tear a store bought angel food cake into bite-size pieces. Then, taking a pretty glass bowl layer the cake, and the pudding mixture with 16 ounces of sliced strawberries. We'll finish by topping with eight ounces of Cool Whip and then we’ll put it in the fridge to chill. Yum! Man, on man, this is good, but when those fresh Louisiana strawberries start coming in, this one’s gonna get a repeat performance at my house!
~Shellie
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