Strawberry Squares - South Beach Style

Suitable for south beach diet phase 2. Cook time includes chill time. If you're one of the people who finds Splenda too sweet, you may want to reduce the amount used, or skip it. Note: "Kashi GOLEAN" is a brand of cereal which is a high fiber soy protein product, a serving has 1 gram fat, and 10 grams fibre. This is readily available in grocery stores here in Halifax, Nova Scotia and may be in your area as well. See www.kashi.com for details.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 16

Ingredients

• 2  cups  Kashi Golean cereal, crushed into fine crumbs
• 2  teaspoons Splenda sugar substitute
• 1⁄4 cup  sunflower oil or 1⁄4 cup  safflower oil
• 1 (10 g) package sugar-free strawberry gelatin or 1 (10 g) package sugar-free raspberry gelatin
• 1 (30 g) package fat-free sugar-free vanilla pudding mix
• 1  cup boiling water
• 1  cup skim milk
• 2  cups fresh strawberries, sliced and lightly sweetened to taste with
•  Splenda sugar substitute, to taste
•  Cool Whip Free (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat over to 350°F.
2. Spray a 8" by 8" (or 9" by 9") non-stick square pan lightly with cooking spray.
3. Mix the kashi, 2 teaspoons of splenda and sunflower oil and press evenly over the bottom of the pan.
4. Bake for 10 minutes then remove from oven and cool.
5. Mix the boiling water and the strawberry or raspberry Jello and stir until Jello is dissolved, put mixture in refrigerator until cool but not set.
6. Mix the jello mixture with the skim milk and add the vanilla pudding mix, beat until lump free then stir in the strawberries.
7. Pour the strawberry mixture over the cooled kashi crust, and spread to even out the strawberries.
8. Chill until well set, then if desired, spread ultra low fat cool whip evenly over the top.