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May 13, 2008

Gale Gand - Summer Treats

TRU
676 N. St. Clair
Chicago
www.trurestaurant.com

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Gale Gand's Short and Sweet

Pineapple Cornucopia
A colorful layering of strawberry jam, pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges deliciously topped with creamy Reddi-wip - great for snacks or dessert Recipe concept developed by Gale Gand Hands On: 5 minutes Total: 10 minutes Makes: 5 servings (1 fruit cup with Reddi-wip each) Ingredients:
5 teaspoons seedless strawberry jam
1 can (20 oz each) pineapple slices packed in juice, drained
Reddi-wip® Fat Free Dairy Whipped Topping
1/2 can (11 oz each) mandarin oranges, drained

Directions:
Spread 1 teaspoon strawberry jam in the bottom of five 4-ounce custard cups. Cut each pineapple slice into 5 sections. Place 5 pineapple sections around the bottom of each cup. Top with a second layer of 5 pineapple sections. Add a serving of Reddi-Wip in the center. Tuck 5 mandarin oranges in a pinwheel around edge of Reddi-Wip. Serve immediately.

Cook's Tips
Fresh pineapple may be substituted for canned. The produce section has fresh pineapple already cut for slicing or in chunks. You will need about 20 ounces. Or, purchase 1 medium pineapple. Remove skin, core it then cut into 10 slices. Proceed as directed in recipe. You will need 25 mandarin orange segments for this recipe. This is about half of an 11-ounce can.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 68
Total fat 0 g
Saturated fat 0 g
Trans fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 6 mg
Carbohydrate 17 g
Dietary fiber 1 g
Sugars 15 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 7 %
Vitamin C 34 %
Calcium 0 %
Iron 1 %

Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Start your day with this less than 100-calorie treat made from fresh fruit and topped with creamy Reddi-wip Hands On:10 minutes Total:10 minutes Makes:1 serving (about 1 cup each)

Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped fresh strawberries
1/4 medium banana, peeled and halved
1/4 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt with low-calorie sweetner
1/2 cup crushed ice
Reddi-wip Original Whipped Light Cream

Directions:
Place strawberries, banana and yogurt in blender container. Pulse until fruit is well blended, scraping sides of container, if necessary. Add ice; pulse until ice is well blended. Pour into glass and top with one serving (2 tablespoons) Reddi-wip. Serve immediately.
Cook's Tips
Don't have a blender? If you have a hand held emersion blender, that also will work great for this recipe. Be flexible with this recipe and use a flavored yogurt that you have on hand! Browse the dairy section to look for lower calorie yogurt options.
Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 75 Sugars 9 g
Total fat 1 g Protein 2 g
Saturated fat 1 g Vitamin A 4%
Cholesterol 2 mg Vitamin C 67%
Sodium 31 mg Calcium 8%
Carbohydrate 14 g Iron 2%
Dietary fiber 2 g

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Strawberries On A Cloud A less than 100-calorie snack! Crunchy vanilla wafers topped with creamy Reddi-wip and juicy strawberries
Hands On:10 minutes Total:10 minutes Makes:1 serving (3 cookies each)

Ingredients:
3 vanilla wafers
Reddi-wip Original Whipped Light Cream
1 large fresh strawberry, sliced into thirds

Directions:
Place vanilla wafers on serving plate; cover each cookie with one-half serving (1 tablespoon) Reddi-wip. Top each cookie with a strawberry slice on the Reddi-wip. Serve immediately.
Cook's Tips
For a 100-calorie adult version of this recipe, place one shortbread cookie with chocolate on underside on serving plate. Top cookie with one serving Reddi-wip and one fresh strawberry. Serve immediately.

Nutrition (per serving)
Calories 73 Sugars 6 g
Total fat 3 g Protein 0 g
Saturated fat 1 g Vitamin A 0%
Cholesterol 3 mg Vitamin C 17%
Sodium 43 mg Calcium 1%
Carbohydrate 10 g Iron 2%
Dietary fiber 0 g

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Fudgy Chocolate Sorbet
Makes 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
3 1/3 cups warm water
3 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, melted
1 cup best-quality cocoa powder, sifted
2 teaspoons dark rum, Cognac or brandy
Pinch of salt

Directions:
Whisk the sugar and water together until completely dissolved. Place half of the sugar-water mixture in a bowl and whisk in the chocolate, cocoa powder, rum, and salt. Whisk in the remaining sugar-water mixture. Taste for sweetness and add sugar if needed: The mixture should taste just slightly too sweet at room temperature. When frozen, it will taste perfect. Refrigerate until cold (preferably overnight) and freeze in your ice-cream maker.*
*Once frozen, the sorbet tastes best the same day but will keep for up to a week.