Luscious Lucky Lime Pie!

Welcome to an early Saint Patrick's Day Potluck, hosted by Designs by Gollum.

Wonderful cooks have been preparing a St Patrick's feast, so please go visit Michael to see some luscious looking goodies to fix for your own Clan, on St Patrick’s day!

"Lucky Lime Pie"

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Low-fat and low~cal version! :)
Ingredients:

1 3 oz package sugar free lime flavored Jell-O
½ cup boiling water
½ cup cold water
½ cup fresh lime juice (2-3 fresh limes)
1 tablespoon fresh lime zest
1 can (14 oz) fat-free sweetened cond. milk (not evaporated)
1 package (8 oz) fat-free cream cheese, softened
1 cup whipping cream ( or Fat free or Lite Cool Whip)
1 9-inch graham cracker crust*
Method:

Dissolve Jell-O in ½ cup boiling water; stir until sugar is completely dissolved in Jell-O. Add ½ cup cold water to Jell-O, then remove 3/4 cup and set aside. Stir lime juice and zest into remaining Jell-O and set aside to cool and thicken, but do not allow it to set.

Pour the 3/4 cup reserved Jell-O into a flat, non-stick 9-inch cake pan, cover and refrigerate. This Jell-O may be used as a garnish later to cut little shamrocks out.
Beat softened cream cheese until smooth; add sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk) and stir to blend.

Whip cream until stiff peaks form. I am using fat free Cool Whip
Beat together cream cheese mixture and Jell-lime-juice-zest mixture (product should be thick and light - but not setup).

Gently fold in whipped cream; spoon filling into prepared graham cracker crust. Refrigerate until set (2-3 hours).
Cut and enjoy!

To garnish: For kids use a small cookie cutter to cut shamrock or other fun shapes from set Jell-o (jigglers) and carefully place shapes on each slice of pie.

Or for our favorite, I like to pile whipped cream high on top and add curls of lime zest or thin slices of lime.

(Disclaimer: Today was a day I needed to run faster than I could...and then I couldn't. We are leaving to go out of state for our niece's wedding and found out my mom is ill and need to leave earlier than planned... So this is truly the pie I was going to make for all of you today and now I am looking forward to making it for Tuesday:) I borrowed these pictures from google images.)

This delicious 'Lucky Lime Pie' is to bring the "Luck of the Irish to all On St Patricks day!"

I am looking forward to seeing everyone's wonderful creations! Please go see Designs by Gollum to see some yummy dishes being served up at this fun potluck! A special thanks to our wonderful and talented hostess, Michael :-) !!!

Happy Early St Patrick's Day!

You can make cute shamrocks by using a heart shaped rubber stamp and green ink to stamp a shamrock on most anything and then draw the stem!