Red, And Blue Parfait

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces fresh strawberries (for about 1 c chopped)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 ounces store-bought pecan sandies, see note (about 8 cookies, for 1 c crumbs)
• 1/2 cup cool whip lite
• 4 teaspoons cool whip lite (to garnish)
• 1/2 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 8 ounces about 1 c fresh blueberries

Recipe

• 1 cap strawberries, cut into bite-size pieces and place them in small mixing bowl.
• 2 sprinkle sugar over berries and stir. use spoon to crush berries slightly so they will release juice. set aside.
• 3 place cookies in zipper-top plastic bag and use rolling pin to crush them finely. set aside.
• 4 in small bowl or 2-cup measure, stir together 1/2 c of whipped topping and yogurt until well blended. set aside.
• 5 divide cookie crumbs evenly in bottom of 4 parfait glasses or other dessert dishes (that hold at least 1 cup).
• 6 spoon strawberry mixture evenly over crumbs.
• 7 spoon yogurt mixture evenly over strawberries.
• 8 divide blueberries evenly, and scatter them over yogurt mixture in each dish.
• 9 the dishes may be served at once or covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated until ready to serve, up to 3 hours.
• 10 just before serving, dollop 1 tsp of whipped topping on top of each dish as a garnish.
• 11 note: plain shortbread cookies, vanilla wafers or butter cookies may be substituted for the pecan sandies.