Vanilla Pudding Dessert

At the end of the meal we always have a new dessert. Since I've been experimenting with these desserts for at least a year now, I thought I'd start sharing them with you. One, they are absolutely delicious, and two, I'm still losing weight. Now, I can't attribute the weight loss to just the desserts, but at least they help.

Here's the basic dessert recipe:

Vanilla Pudding

serves 3

1 cup reduced fat milk

1/2 cup splenda

2 egg yolks

1 pack of unflavored gelatin

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup ricotta cheese

Pour milk into a saucepan. Sprinkle unflavored gelatin over the milk. Let it sit for a few minutes to soften the gelatin. Separate eggs. Add yolks and splenda to milk. Turn the heat to medium low and stir constantly until the gelatin dissolves, about five minutes. Do NOT bring to a boil. 

Put the milk mixture into your blender (I use a Vita-Mix), add ricotta cheese and vanilla. Blend on medium for at least one minute.

Pour into glass custard cups, place in refrigerator. Chill for at least 2 1/2 hours.