Gingered fruit cup

12 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupSugar
½cupWater
3slicesFresh Ginger (1/8\" thick)
1smallCinnamon Stick
1pintStrawberries, hulled and
Halved if large
1poundsSeedless Green Grapes
1Cantelope

Directions

Bring sugar, water, ginger and cinnamon stick to boiling in small sauce pan, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. Lower heat, simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Strain through sieve into a bowl. Cool to room temperature. Add strawberries and grapes to syrup. Quarter cantelope. Remove seeds. Cut into wedges, then crosswise into bite size pieces. Add to bowl. Refrigerate, covered, until cold & serve.

Nutrient Value Per Serving: 83 Calories, 1 g Protein, .42 g Fat, 21 g Carbohydrate, 5 mg Sodium, and 0 mg Cholesterol.

Exchanges: 1⅓ Fruit.

Recipe From "Family Circle" magazine 6/25/91. Posted by Anne Marie Chiappetta.

Submitted By LAWRENCE KELLIE On 03-18-95