Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day Weekend. What are your plans, if you have some?

We have company coming. We're cooking briskets and chicken on the smoker/grill. I have potato salad and will make baked beans. Guess I should break down and make something for desert, even if I can't have it. Didn't think about that when I was at the store though. Looks like a trip to the Dollar Store.

Let's hear what you have planned!

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Hi Shannon! It sounds like you will be having a nice weekend! Mmmmm....potato salad and baked beans sound so yummy!! Can I come over?

I've got a WW dessert recipe that really good! And it's only 1 pt for 1 cup! We always have it at our family get-togethers (since a lot of us are doing WW) and everyone else seems to like it too. Here it is, just in case you'd like to try it.

Dreamsicle Dessert
1 30oz. sugar-free box of orange Jello
1 small box of sugar-free vanilla instant pudding
1 8oz. container of fat-free Cool Whip, thawed completely
1 11oz. can of mandarin oranges, drained

Dissolve Jello in 1 cup of boiling water. Add 1 cup of crushed ice and water (I usually fill the cup with ice and then add water until it reads 1 cup). Stir until ice melts or no longer melts. Let sit for 5 minutes. Remove any remaining ice. With mixer, blend in the pudding powder until smooth. (Don't try to do it by hand or else you'll end up with chunks!) Fold in Cool Whip. Refrigerate. Stir in oranges when slightly thickened.

Let me know if you end-up trying it!

As for my Memorial Day weekend plans, I have a friend from Utah flying in tonight. She will be here for about a week! I'm pretty excited for some company! Since my DH is still gone, we can do pretty much whatever we want and not have to worry about keeping him entertained. We'll probably go to Myrtle Beach and down to Charleston, SC....but other than that, we don't have anything really planned yet!

I agree potato salad and baked beans do sound yummy, i think we will be having the same Monday, we will be having a BBQ/Cookout with friends...Tomorrow we are meeting friends of ours in Tampa, so we will have a fun filled Memorial weekend...I hope each and every one of you have a great time!!!

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That desert sounds yummy, Heidi. Our get together was a hit. We ate one entire brisket and I divided up the 2nd to share with MIL and my GM and a hunk for us - like we need any more. We had 7 adults and Ava here. It was a really fun day, even though it rained and we stayed inside and just visited. Ava did her share for the entertainment. DH's cousin brought Strawberry Angel Food Cake and I added some cool whip on top. I think it cost me 3 points but it was worth it. I think I will make that desert for our upcoming family reunion. We never have anything like that - always just heavy rich deserts. Thanks for sharing it.

Your week with the girlfriend sounds wonderful!!! I hope you have a blast.

Louise ~ Hope your get together is a hit as well. How many are you expecting?

Hope we hear from some more ladies as to what they are doing/did for Memorial Weekend!

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