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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
5 small nectarines, chopped
1 cup water
1/4 cup honey
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
1 cup plain low-fat yogurt
Directions
Combine the nectarines, water, and honey in a medium saucepan. Cook over
medium heat until the nectarines are soft, about 10 minutes. Puree the
mixture in a blender or food processor. Stir in the lemon juice, vanilla,
and apple juice. Set aside to cool for 30 minutes.
Whisk the yogurt into the nectarine mixture. Pour into an 8- by 8-inch pan
and freeze until crystals form around the edges, about 45 minutes. Stir
the crystals into the middle of the pan and return to the freezer.
When mixture is lightly frozen through, whip the mixture on low with an
electric mixture until it is light in color, about 5 minutes. Spoon the
mixture into a freezer storage container and freeze for about 3 hours. Let
soften at room temperature before serving.
This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 1/2 cup.
Exchanges Per Serving: 1 1/2 Carbohydrate.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 129; Calories from Fat 10; Total Fat 1g;
Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 3mg; Sodium 30mg; Carbohydrates 29g;
Dietary Fiber 2g; Sugars 25g; Protein 3g.
Comments: Juicy summer nectarines jazz up plain yogurt. You can
substitute peaches or apricots if you wish.
Source:
"Diabetes Forcast - Jul, 2001 at
http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/forecast/default.jsp"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-17-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2001"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 127 Calories; 1g Fat (7.6% calories
from fat); 3g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 2mg Cholesterol;
30mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 1 Other
Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Robyn Webb, MS, LN
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 6
Diet Frozen Nectarine Yogurt Recipe brought to you by Diet Recipes To-Go
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