BACK TO RESULTS \\ Diet & Nutrition Recipes Sweet Cherry Cream Pie

Ingredients

  • 8 ounces low-fat cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 graham cracker pie crust, 9″ size
  • 21 ounces canned or bottled cherry pie filling

Preparation

  1. Soften cream cheese. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with a mixer.
  2. For the whipped cream, place bowl and beaters of a hand-mixer in freezer for 10-15 minutes. Remove bowl from freezer, put heavy cream in the bowl and beat until soft peaks form.
  3. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture.
  4. Pour mixture into graham cracker pie crust.
  5. Top with cherry pie filling. 
  6. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Helpful hints

  • Substitute Splenda® No Calorie Sweetener and low-sugar pie filling to reduce calories to 299 and carbohydrate to 29 grams. Count as 2 carbohydrate choices.
  • For variation, use apple- or peach-pie filling instead of cherry.

Submitted by:

DaVita dietitian Kim from Missouri.

Nutrients per serving

Calories

434

Protein

4

g

Carbohydrates

64

g

Fat

18

g

Cholesterol

46

mg

Sodium

232

mg

Potassium

192

mg

Phosphorus

95

mg

Calcium

72

mg

Fiber

0.9

g

Added Sugar

g

Kidney and kidney diabetic food choices

1 starch
1/2 fruit, low potassium
3 fat
1-1/2 high calorie

Carbohydrate choices

4

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