Fresh Fruit with Creamy Lime Dipping Sauce
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
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Fresh Fruit with Creamy Lime Dipping Sauce
Yield: Makes 12 servings
A delicious, refreshing and healthy alternative to salty, high fat snacks, fruits and vegetables also help protect the body from most kinds of cancer. This is a good start toward fulfilling your minimum five servings per day.
Ingredients:
2
tablespoons lime juice
1
small jicama, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick strips 3 to 4 inches long
2
pounds watermelon, rind removed, and fruit cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges 2 to 3 inches wide
1/2
small pineapple, peeled, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into wedges
1
ripe papaya, peeled, seeded and sliced crosswise
Creamy Lime Dipping Sauce (recipe follows)
Preparation:
1.
Combine lime juice and jicama in large bowl; toss. Drain. Arrange jicama, watermelon, pineapple and papaya on large platter. Serve with Creamy Lime Dipping Sauce.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 1/12 of total recipe | |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | <1 mg |
| Total Fat | <1 g |
| Calories from Fat | 5 % |
| Calories | 65 |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Sodium | 23 mg |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fruit | 1 |
Creamy Lime Dipping Sauce
Yield: Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients:
1
container (6 ounces) vanilla fat-free yogurt
2
tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
2
tablespoons lime juice
1
tablespoon minced jalapeño pepper*
Preparation:
1.
Combine all ingredients in small bowl; mix well to combine.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 2 tablespoons dipping sauce | |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 1 mg |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Total Fat | <1 g |
| Calories from Fat | 20 % |
| Calories | 15 |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Sodium | 15 mg |
Dietary Exchange:
| Free | Free |
This recipe appears in: Sweet Sauces
