Sliced beet salad

Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c Sliced canned / cooked beets 4 Whole allspice
1 Bay leaf 1 sm Grapefruit
4 Whole cloves 1 pk Equal sweetener (2 tsp)

Instructions:

Drain the liquid from the canned beets reserving 1/2 cup. (Use water with fresh beets.) Combine the 1/2 cup beet liquid bay leaf cloves and allspice in a small saucepan. Heat to boiling. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Section the grapefruit. Remove the spices from the liquid and pour over the beet slices and grapefruit sections. Add the sweetener. Marinate for at least 1 hour before serving. Drain off the liquid before serving. 1/2 recipe - 86 calories 1/2 fruit exchange 2 vegetable exchanges 21 grams carbohydrate 2 grams protein 0 fat 302 mg sodium 380 mg potassium 0 cholesterol Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman 1986 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93