Kara's Stellar Super Easy Orange Arctic Pie (recipe)
Sometimes convenience is paramount, right? But convenience—even when it calls for such "low-rent" ingredients as Cool Whip—can still deliver the wow. As desserts go, this pie's not too, too unhealthy. All you need is one bowl and a few minutes. Little ones around? This is a great dish to make with them. If you haven't already, feel free to peruse the inspiration for "Kara's" monthly recipes: Kara in Perpendicular Women: Adventures in the Multiverse, available on Amazon in paperback, e-book, Kindle Unlimited, and coming soon, audiobook. The holidays are coming, and "Kara's" adventures deliver a great gift.
Ingredients
• 8 oz. fat-free cream cheese
• 6 oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed*
• 8 oz. frozen reduced-fat Cool Whip or other whipped topping, thawed
• 11 oz. can mandarin oranges in water, drained
• 8-inch reduced-fat graham cracker crust**
Directions
1. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and orange juice concentrate until smooth. Fold in whipped topping.
2. Pour into cruse. Cover and freeze 4 hours or until firm.
3. Remove from freezer about 10 minutes before cutting.
4. Garnish with oranges.
* FILLINGS: Try any kind of fruit juice concentrate, e.g., orange, lemonade, limeade, or blends. Or try a frozen cocktail mix, e.g., strawberry daiquiri, mango margarita, madori sour, blue Hawaiian, or pina colada—wherever your taste buds take you.
** CRUSTS: For super speed, use a premade graham cracker or cookie crust. Or use your favorite homemade recipe. Here's mine: In a small food processor blend 1 ½ c graham cracker crumbs, ¼ c sugar, and 5 T butter until the mixture looks like wet sand. Press into pan and bake 6 ‒ 8 minutes. Allow to cool.
With all the time this recipe saves, don't forget your reading--Perpendicular Women, perhaps, on Amazon?