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This healthy recipe is from Micky Kolar, Fountain Hills, AZ. Taken from "Date Recipes." For more information or to buy this book, click here.

Diet Date Dessert

Ingredients

1 envelope plain gelatin

1 1/2 cups water

1 cup dates (pitted, snipped)

2 tbsp. frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)

2 tsp. lemon juice

1/2 tsp almond extract

4 egg whites (room temperature)

2 tbsp. toasted almonds (sliced)

Directions
In a saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over water; add dates. Bring to a boiling and cook 10 minutes, uncovered or till thickened stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in juices and extract. Cool to lukewarm; refrigerate until mixture mounds. Beat egg whites stiff but not dry. Fold date mixture into egg whites. Spoon into four dessert glasses. Chill at least one hour. Sprinkle with almonds. (4 servings, about 160 calories each).