Strawberry Pie

We have had lots of strawberries from our garden this year.  Don't get me wrong I am loving every single berry that is coming from the vines.  I have made lots of Strawberry Jam (the only jam the boys will eat), crushed strawberries with some sugar for later on, and a few strawberry pies...which an few of my guys and Danno have loved.

Don't tell the boys but I found the recipe on the weight watchers website. It was so good and simple to made.

Here's the original recipe.  I didn't make it quite like this but I'm sure it would taste very simple to mine.  I substituted Hawaiian Punch for the cranberry because that's what I had in the house.  Also I didn't use the Greek yogurt and lemon zest.  My boys love using the reddi-whip so that what they had on theirs and I ate just the pie.  Plus one tenth of the pie wasn't near enough...I probably had more like a sixth of the pie. :)

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Ingredients

	2 pound(s) strawberries, hulled, sliced (save 3 small berries for garnish)
	3/4 cup(s) sugar, granulated
	1/2 cup(s) cranberry juice cocktail, or cranberry-strawberry juice
	1/4 cup(s) cornstarch
	6 oz Ready Crust 25% Less-Fat Graham Cracker Ready pie crust
	1 cup(s) fat-free vanilla yogurt, Greek-style
	1 tsp lemon zest, finely grated

Instructions

• Combine 3 cups sliced strawberries, sugar and juice in a medium saucepan.
  
• Mash berries in pan with a potato masher; stir in cornstarch and bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring often, until very thick, about 1 minute.
  
• Remove from heat; let cool slightly and then stir in remaining sliced strawberries. Scrape into pie crust.
  
• Let cool slightly; cover loosely with plastic lid from pie crust. Refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours (you can then freeze the pie for a little while if desired, to make it easier to slice).
  
• To serve, in a medium bowl, stir together vanilla yogurt and lemon zest until blended. Spread on top of pie, leaving a border around edges so strawberry filling shows. Slice reserved strawberries and use them to garnish pie. Slice pie into 10 pieces and serve. Yields 1 piece per serving.

Notes

• This pie can be made ahead 1 day but top it with the yogurt mixture shortly before serving.
  
  If you cut this into 8 pieces, it is 7 PointsPlus values per slice.