Christmas Strawberry Pie and Healthy Alternatives {Holiday Recipes}

Today is the kick off of my 30 Days of Christmas Goodies. I will be sharing yummy holiday goodies for you to make, serve your family, take to parties and some yummy food gift ideas. I'll also have some Christmas giveaways during this time, too!

If you have any treats that you would like featured on my blog, leave a comment and make sure that I have your email information. Not all treats have to be unhealthy so keep checking in to get healthy version of old favorites. I will be sharing drinks, cookies, pies and more!

Christmas Strawberry Pie

This is one of the easiest pies ever. I love this for Christmas because it is red. I typically use fresh strawberries but sometimes good ones are not available in the fall and winter so the pie below was made with thawed frozen strawberries. Normally I add the top green of the berry to the pie for decoration which will give you the traditional green and red dessert! 

Christmas Strawberry Pie

Ingredients
1 1/2 c. water
3/4 c. sugar
2 T. cornstarch
1/8 t. salt
3 oz. pkg strawberry gelatin mix
4 c. strawberries, hulled and sliced or frozen thawed
1 graham cracker crust
garnish: whipped cream and green tops

Directions
1-Make or buy a graham cracker crust.
2-Clean all the berries and slice or thaw and slice.
3-In a 2 quart sauce pan stir together water, sugar, cornstarch and salt on medium heat.
4-Bring to a boil while stirring.
5-Add in dry gelatin mix until dissolved. 
6-Remove from heat and pour 1/4 of gelatin mixture into crust. 
7-Arrange strawberries in crust and pour remaining gelatin mixture over the top. If you have extra gelatin mixture don't worry you didn't do anything wrong. Sometimes I'll have up to 1/4 extra depending on the weight of the berries.
8-Cover and refrigerate until set, 2-3 hours. Serve with whipped cream. Serves 

TAKE THE *HOLIDAY TRIM CHALLENGE* of 2014  I do not use artificial sweeteners so what can we make or bring to a holiday gathering using strawberries that *doesn't include artificial sweeteners* but strawberries as the feature??? 

*****Leave a comment here or on any of my social media channels with your holiday trim challenge recipe or alternatives. I will be taking all the comments on the holiday trim challenge and entering all into a hat. The winner will get a $25 Amazon gift card. CHECK in daily to participate! I'll be adding the alternatives to this blog post as well!*******

Check in daily for new Christmas Goodies recipe.

• Day 1 Christmas Strawberry Pie
• Day 2 Christmas Star Cookies and White Christmas Cookie Frosting
• Day 3 Easy and Creamy Holiday Fudge
• Day 4 Peanut Butter Chocolate Kisses and FROZEN Printables
• Day 5 Peppermint Chocolate Patty Holiday Bark
• Day 6 Pinwheel Spice Cookies with Jam Filling Christmas Goodies
• Day 7 Baked Chocolate Covered Cherry Bites
• Day 8 Holiday Pretzel Dippers
• Day 9 Easiest White Cut Out Cookies for the Holidays
• Day 10 Melted Snowman Pops
• Day 11 Gingerbread Snack Mix
• Day 12 Holiday Toffee and a KitchenAid Giveaway!
• Day 13 Skinny Mini Peppermint Cupcakes
• Day 14 Christmas Snowballs
• Day 15 Holiday Reindeer Reinbeer
• Day 16 Holiday Peppermint Fudge
• Day 17 National Cookie Day Recipes
• Day 18 Spicy Gingerbread Cookies and Christmas Wassail
• Day 19 Jingle Bell Java and Hot Cocoa Bar
• Day 20 Egg Less Egg Nog - easiest & best ever
• Day 21 Snowflake Hot Cocoa
• Day 22 Mini Ginger Pear Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust - skinny mini recipe
• Day 23 Not So Naughty Brownie Bites
• Day 24 Yummy Hot Holiday Drinks and NESCAFE Dolce Gusto Coffee Maker Giveaway
• Day 25 National Bake Cookies Day - Sugar Cookies and White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
• Day 26 Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Peanut Butter Cookies
• Day 27  M & M Cookies, English Toffee Crunch Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Day 28 Ferris Bueller's Fruitcake Recipe
• Day 29 Easy White Christmas Bark
• Day 30 Holiday Brownie Pops

Here is my menu for the week!

Monday - Taco Soup
Tuesday-leftovers and Grilled cheese sandwiches
Wednesday - Tangy Meatball Subs and Ranch & Bacon Pasta Salad
Thursday- Breakfast for Dinner - Crustless Spinach Quiche, Bacon and Fruit Salad
Friday- Easiest Chili Ever for Fall Bonfire
Weekend - French Onion Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Salad
Dessert - Peanut Butter Frosting on the Peanut Butter Pan Cake

I hope you enjoyed my Menu Planning Monday ideas. Feel free to go through the recipe box for other options. I don't know about you but I do find Dinner time menu planning easier in the fall because you can use your crockpot more!  I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday but not hosting my weekly link party until after the Holidays!  

Here are my current free challenge groups.

• Make Time 4 Clean Eating Challenge Group
• Make Time 4 a Healthier Lifestyle
• Make Time 4 PiYo  Challenge Group and Read more about it here under SHOP (If you order the challenge pack in December you will get a $10 amazon gift card from me. Want to save more money? Order this by being a discount coach and save $40 on the Challenge pack. Message me at cafescrapper@gmail.com if you want either discount or friend me on Facebook and send me a message.)
• Make Time 4 Abs Challenge Group-Love this and it can be done when you first wake up in the morning.
• 21 Day Fix Challenge Group- Worth being a part of now!
• Make Time 4 Running Challenge Group - Just getting going!

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