Quick & easy banana pudding

I love banana pudding. And they make a delicious banana pudding at the café downstairs where I work. So instead of giving the nice people downstairs my hard earned money (and not being 100% sure of the calories and fat grams) I decided to make my own. Save money, save calories and be in control of my fat grams & carbs!

Here is my recipe for a lower fat, lower sugar, lower calorie banana pudding.

**If you've ever taken a look at the back of a Nilla wafer box, it shows a recipe with heavy cream and eggs…. Fattening, rich, decadent, yes. **

I decided to try a different, much easier version and it's still really yummy! Of course, it's not as thick and rich as the original but my boyfriend even likes it and he's normally not a fan of low fat/sugar free stuff.

1 packet of Jello (or generic) brand Sugar Free/Fat free instant vanilla pudding mix
2-3 cup skim/fat free milk
2-3 bananas (depending on how "banana-y" you like it)
Nilla wafers (they also make a lower fat version)
Light or fat free cool whip.

To make a portion for myself, I go ahead and measure out 1/2 of the prepared vanilla pudding (70 cals for a 1/2 cup prepared with skim milk) and place it in a container. I then use about 1/2 of a medium banana (45 cals for that half), 4 Nilla wafers (70 cals for 4) and 2-4 tbsp of light cool whip (30 cals for 4 tbsp -- I like the cool whip). For this individual 1/2 serving, it comes to 215 cals, 5 fat grams &32 carbs. You can play with the calories depending on how much banana, Nilla wafers, & whipped cream you prefer.

See, you can still enjoy your favorite things, in a lighter version.

Enjoy!

Lisa