Strawberry Trifle Recipe

Good Morning

yesterday was finally a nice pool day to lay out!

so that’s pretty much what i did all day until i had to go to work at 5

for lunch I made myself a huge salad to eat out by the pool

in the mix: grilled chicken, avocado, scallions, orange peppers, yellow grape tomatoes, and mango salsa for my dressing

whole foods mango salsa is SO good

i also tried the kale chips that I bought

i wish i could say i was a fan but i thought they were kind of gross..i think if i made my own homemade kale chips (which I still want to try) I would like them a lot better!

so instead I had some cheese crackers and a few pretzels

mmm i love cheese crackers

my parents were having company over yesterday so I offered to whip up an easy dessert

Strawberry Trifle!

I didn’t do a play by play but its super easy so here is the recipe!

Strawberry Trifle

Servings: About 6

Ingredients:

1/2 packet instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup milk
1 80z container fat free cool whip
4oz reduced fat cream cheese
1 tbsp orange juice
1 frozen pound cake (i used Sara Lee pound cake) or homemade, cut up into bite sized pieces. (Or Angel Food Cake would work really well!)
2 cups chopped strawberries (about 2 pints worth)
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp sugar free strawberry jam (0ptional)
1/2 cup blueberries (optional)

Instructions:

Combine the pudding mix and milk in a bowl and beat for about 5 minutes until the pudding starts to come together.
Next add in the cream cheese and orange juice and beat together until smooth
fold in the cool whip and set aside.
mix strawberries with 1 tbsp of sugar and set aside
next comes the assembly..in the bottom of a clear bowl or trifle dish add a layer of the cool whip mixture, then a layer of pound cake, followed by a layer of strawberries
repeat this process until you get to the top of the bowl
for optional touches, melt the strawberry jam in the microwave for 30 seconds. Add the blueberries on top of the trifle and drizzle the melted jam on top
Refrigerate for at least an hour (this is a great dessert to make ahead of time)

A few notes on the recipe: If I was using a trifle dish I probably would of doubled the recipe. If you were to double the recipe using angel food cake you probably only need one full angel food cake.

i came home last night from work around 12am and inhaled about 7 bites of this

so good

alrighty time to go get ready for my work out and then pool time!

i hope everyone has a great day!

<3Chelcie

Question for ya!: What is your favorite summertime dessert?

mine is probably ice cream, or fruit crumbles, or trifles..clearly i like a lot of desserts:)

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Health Freak College Girl June 11, 2012 at 5:21 pm

So I was at Costco yesterday and they had strawberry trifle and it looked horrible. But this looks 100000000 times better that’s for sure! Gotta try it out

Chelcie's Food Files June 11, 2012 at 6:27 pm: Reply

haha i love Costco but some of their products look a little interesting..my favorite costco buy the is huge jar of almond butter!

Erica @ For the Sake of Cake June 11, 2012 at 10:00 pm