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Fruit Cup with Honey-Lime Syrup Recipe

“I often experiment with fresh fruit for desserts. This is a nice cool treat for summer afternoons,” says Dawn Bryant of Thedford, Nebraska. “The sweet lime syrup adds a bit of sparkle to the fruit.”

This recipe is:

Healthy

Quick

Diabetic Friendly

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Fruit Cup with Honey-Lime Syrup Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + cooling

Yield: 4 Servings

10 5 15

Ingredients

1/3 cup white wine
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons honey
2 cups cubed cantaloupe
1 cup green grapes, halved
1 cup red grapes, halved

Directions

In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the wine, lime juice and honey to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until liquid is syrupy and reduced to about 1/4 cup. Remove from the heat; cool completely.
In a large bowl, combine the fruit. Drizzle with syrup and gently toss to coat. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 135 calories, 1 g fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 10 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fruit, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Fruit Cup with Honey-Lime Syrup in Healthy Cooking June/July 2008, p29