April Fool’s Day Lasagna aka Banana Cream Pie

If you want to fool your family on any day of the year this is the perfect dessert.  When I dished this up my family was convinced it was dinner.  Then they took a bite and got a big surprise when they discovered a delicious dessert instead of the savory dish they were expecting.

Recipe adapted from Food Network

Ingredients:

1 3.4 ounce sugar free instant vanilla pudding

1 pound cake cut into ¼ inch slices

20 reduced fat vanilla wafers

¾ cup strawberry jam

¾ cup part skim milk ricotta cheese

2 teaspoons sugar or one packet monk fruit sweetener

2 bananas sliced

¼ cup diced white chocolate chips

2 tablespoons fresh mint diced

Directions:

1. Cut a pound cake into ¼ inch slices.
2. Arrange slices in the bottom of a 7×11 baking dish.
3. Press 20 vanilla wafers into the cake.
4. Make the box of instant pudding using 2 cups of nonfat milk.
5. Microwave the strawberry jam for 30 seconds.
6. Mix the ricotta cheese with the sugar/sweetener.
7. Spread strawberry jam over the vanilla wafers.
8. Spread ricotta cheese over the strawberry jam.
9. Top with one sliced banana.
10. Spread ½ vanilla pudding over the banana.
11. Repeat with a layer of cake.
12. Press another 20 wafers into the cake.
13. Top with another sliced banana.
14. Spread the remainder of the vanilla pudding on top.
15. Sprinkle the chopped white chocolate chips and mint over the top.
16. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.