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No More Blood Sugar Blues
HOT Weather Calls for
Yummy but Safe Drinks!
by Alice Osbornce and Patty Liston
Cranberry Mist
Serves 2-4
 4 cups low-calorie cranberry juice
8 cranberry clove tea bags
ice
4 cups chilled club soda
mint sprigs for garnish
In a large saucepan, bring cranberry juice to a boil over medium heat. Add the tea bags, remove from heat, and let steep for 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
When ready to serve, fill 8 tall glasses with ice cubes. Pour about 1/2 cup ( ml) of the cranberry juice mixture into each glass. Fill the glasses with club soda and garnish each with a sprig of mint.
Per serving: 23 calories (0% calories from fat), 0 protein, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 6 g carbohydrates, 0 dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 28 mg potassium, 28 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 1/2 carbohydrate (fruit)
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Fresh Fruit Slush
Serves 4
 1 1/2 cups chopped fresh fruit or unsweetened frozen fruit of your choice
8 to 10 ice cubes
Using a food processor or blender, blend the fruit until smooth.
While machine is running, add the ice cubes one at a time until the mixture takes on a slushy consistency. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.
Per serving: 25 calories (6% calories from fat), trace protein, trace total fat (0 saturated fat), 6 g carbohydrate, 1 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 1/2 carbohydrate (fruit)
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Peach Smoothie
Serves 2
 1 medium fresh peach, about 5 ounces, peeled, pitted, and chopped
1/2 cup skim milk
1 4-ounce carton nonfat vanilla yogurt
1 cup ice cubes
ground cinnamon
Place the peach, milk, yogurt, and ice in a blender. Blend until smooth. Turn off machine and scrape down the sides of the blender with a rubber spatula. Blend again. Pour the mixture into 2 glasses and sprinkle each with a little cinnamon. Serve at once.
Per serving: 101 calories (0% calories from fat), 5 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat), 1 g dietary fiber, 3 mg cholesterol, 65 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 1 1/2 carbohydrate (1/2 fruit, 1 skim milk)
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Strawberry Lemonade
Serves 4
 1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries, halved
3/4 cup Spoon One Sugar Replacement
1 cup cold water
3/4 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
4 whole large strawberries with hull for garnish
fresh sprigs of mint for garnish
In a food processor or blender, puree the strawberry halves and sugar replacement. Transfer to a large pitcher. Stir in water, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Cut each strawberry in half, almost to the hull, but not cutting through the hull.
Pour lemonade into tall glasses filled with ice. Add a mint sprig and position a cut strawberry over the rim of each glass.
Per serving: 77 calories (0% calories from fat), 1 g protein, 0 total fat (0 saturated fat), 33 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 1 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 2 carbohydrate (1 1/2 bread/starch, 1/2 fruit)
Note: Although Spoon One is absorbed at slower rate than sugar, the nutrient analysis shows the equivalence of 2 carbohydrate exchanges, although it provides less calories than 2 carbohydrate exchanges would provide.
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