Recipes
Creamy Dreamy Fruit salad
Ingredients:
Makes 8 Servings
1 apple, cored and diced
2 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 10 mL
1 can (14 oz/398 mL) pineapple tidbits, packed in juice, drained
1 can (10 oz/284 mL) mandarin orange sections, drained
1 cup halved seedless grapes 250 mL
1 cup mini marshmallows 250 mL
¾ cup 1% or 2% orange- or pineapple-flavored yogurt 175 ml
2 medium bananas
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, toss diced apple with lemon juice to prevent browning. Add pineapple, mandarin oranges, grapes and marshmallows.
2. Drizzle with yogurt and toss gently until fruit and marshmallows are evenly coated. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour or for up to 8 hours to blend flavors.
3. Just before serving, slice bananas and stir into fruit mixture.
Notes:
Dietitian Message: This mix of fruit and yogurt makes a tasty nutritious dessert. It can be a light finish to a healthier meal. Try it with oven baked-crispy chicken.
Nutritional Analysis per Serving: Calories 128, carbohydrate 31g, fiber 1g, protein 2g, total fat 1g, saturated fat 0 g, sodium 18 mg, cholesterol 2 mg.
Canada’s Choice per Serving: 2 Carbohydrates
Recipe reprinted with permission from Canada’s Best Cookbook for Kids with Diabetes, Colleen Bartley, Robert Rose Inc., 2005, http://www.robertrose.ca