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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Chilling time: 24 hours
2 oranges
2 Granny Smith apples, cored
1 (12-ounce) package cranberries, washed
18 packets Splenda artificial sweetener (or 3/4 cup Splenda granular)
Peel oranges. Place peel from one orange in food processor (discard the other peel) and process until finely chopped. Remove any seeds from oranges and process oranges, apples, and cranberries, one at a time, in a food processor. Mix orange peel, oranges, apples, cranberries, and Splenda in a bowl until the sweetener is mixed throughout the fruit. Refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.
Yield: 11 servings
Serving Size: 1/2 cup
Per Serving:
Calories: 49
Carbohydrate: 13 g
Protein: <1 g
Fat: 0 g
Saturated fat: 0 g
Sodium: 2 mg
Fiber: <1 g
Exchanges per serving: 1 fruit
Carbohydrate choices: 1
This recipe was developed by Sandy Bjerkness, a Certified Diabetes Educator and registered dietitian working in research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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