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"Simple, but delicious, this is all about the ricotta. This is a low fat version of a Bon Appetit recipe that also included cream cheese, but not Amaretto. This ricotta is also good with peaches and crushed Amaretti cookies. Includes 30 minute stand time for the fruit. Each serving (based on two people) contains 3.5 grams of fat, and 1.5 grams of saturated..."

Ingredients: lemon juice, low-fat ricotta cheese...

"Lemon flavored and moist, this cake is delicious with a topping of sweetened berries.
From Italian Forever."

Ingredients: eggs, lemon extract...

"I was lucky enough to enjoy a Cooking Light dinner and demonstration where this was the final course. It was soo silky and delicious, and you really couldn't tell that this Italian favorite had been lightened up. At the time, the recipe hadn't appeared in the magazine, so I couldn't recreate it right away but when it did... Hope you..."

Ingredients: cooking spray, fresh lemon juice...

"I'm told this dessert tastes just like the Panna Cotta at Macaroni Grill. I saw it prepared this way by Giada De Laurentiis on Everyday Italian. No matter the origin, this Italian "cooked cream" is comfort food at its best."

Ingredients: berries, heavy whipping cream...

"To enhance the flavor, blueberries may be microwaved for 1 minute. Though this may change the color of the biscotti's. Recipe may be doubled. The recipe comes from KitchenAid.com"

Ingredients: eggs, salt, slivered almonds...

"From the Barefoot Contessa At Home cookbook. She says her friends George Germon and Johanne Killeen had it in their cookbook, Cucina Simpatica, made with apples. She decided to try her own variation with summer fruit. It's juicy and makes a sweet and perfect light summer dessert! Enjoy!"

Ingredients: fresh blueberries, ice water...

"A great summery dessert that is perfectly good on it's own or over angel food or pound cake, with a dollop of whipped cream, or over a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream. Adapted from Ina Garten's "Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics"."

Ingredients: Greek yogurt, lemon curd...

"An unusual recipe that is full of flavor and hints of exotic spices! Refreshing and delicious! Really any berry will work but strawberries or raspberriesare probably the best. I've used chocolate mint for this which was great. Cooking time is mostly simmering."

Ingredients: fennel seeds, heavy cream...

"These are so pretty and they take the place of the "doughie" pizza and won't heat up the kitchen that much. Found this on marthastewart.com."

Ingredients: part-skim ricotta cheese, fajita-size flour tortillas...

"The figs can be placed in the food processor to crush by pulsing till mushy with some chunks. Using a candy Thermometer will help knowing the setting point, which is at 220 degrees. This has an optional Grand Marnier for a little extra treat."

Ingredients: bottled lemon juice, Grand Marnier...

"Posted for ZWT II. I haven't tried this yet, but I plan to. I don't remember exactly where this came from, I just know I found it in my email. This needs to chill overnight, so plan ahead."

Ingredients: whole milk ricotta cheese, eggs...

"Another one of those wonderful recipes featured on our local television stations noon day news show. This just sounds so very nice and delicious...I have got to make this for one of those special dinners, and I can make everything ahead and put it together just prior to serving how sweet can that be?"

Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, fresh blueberries...