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     Title: Sliced Beet Salad
Categories: Diabetic, Vegetables, Salads, Vegetarian, Side dishes
     Yield: 2 servings

 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)

 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

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