Serves: 8
Total Calories: 166

5 whole cloves
1 slice orange
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 stick cinnamon
3 tea bags red zesty herbal tea flavored with hibiscus, rose hips and lemongrass
1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
fresh fruit, if desired
thin almond wafer cookies, if desired

1. Insert cloves into peel of orange slice. Heat water, sugar, cinnamon and orange slice to boiling in 2-quart saucepan, stirring occasionally remove from heat. Add tea bags cover and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags, cinnamon stick and orange slice.

2. Stir cranberry and pineapple juices into tea. Pour into 2-quart nonmental bowl or square baking dish, 8x8x2 inches. Cover and freeze about 2 hours or until partially frozen. Stir with fork or wire whisk. Cover and freeze 3 hours or overnight.

3. Remove granita from freezer 20 minutes before serving. Scrape surface with fork and spoon into glasses. Garnish with fruit and cookies.

"Try this zesty cranberry ice to whet your whistle and lessen symptoms of dry mouth." ---Dr. Ghosh

NUTRITION FACTS: High in vitamin C low fiber
1 Serving: Calories 145 (Calories from Fat 0) Fat 0g (Saturated 0g) Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 5mg Potassium 110mg Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 0g %DAILY VALUE: Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 36% Calcium 2% Iron 2% Folic Acid 4% Magnesium 2% DIET EXCHANGES: 2 ½ Fruit

Helpful For These Side Effects: (n), (m)

From "Betty Crocker's Living with Cancer Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 166
Calories from Fat: 0

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