How to Make a Strawberry Pie Healthier

Strawberry Pie is such a lovely dessert, perfect on a lazy, summer day or extraordinary pie to bring to an event.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 1 cups flour
• .5 tsp. salt
• 1 tablespoons no calorie splenda
• .5 c. no calorie splenda
• .5 cup smart balance butter
• ¼ to ½ cup of ice cold water
• 2 tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 c water
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 6 c. strawberries
• 2 drops red food coloring, optional
• whipped cream

1. Butter- replace with Smart Balance Light Buttery Spread (entire recipe)
   -137 calories per serving
   -15.6 grams of fat per serving
2. Replace sugar and brown sugar with Splenda No Calorie (entire recipe)
   -109 calories per serving
3. Make only the top crust with original ingredients
   -167 calories per serving
   -12.8 grams of fat per serving
4. Make the top crust, replacing butter with Smart Balance Buttery Spread and sugar with Splenda no calorie
   -242 calories per serving
   -20.8 grams of fat per serving
   
   
   
   Grand total
   Combining all tricks together:
   
   Half crust- just on top
   Splenda throughout
   Smart Balance throughout
   
   
   Will equal 144 calories and 5.5 grams of fat per serving
   (Original pie 492 calories and 26.3 grams of fat per serving)