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Cranberry Juice Recipe

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Skinny Cranberry Juice Recipe for Dieters

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup of 100% Cranberry Juice
1/2 cup of Seltzer [Fizzy] Water
1 Teaspoon of granulated table Sugar

How to Prepare

Pour the juice into a tall glass and add the fizzy water. It contains zero calories.

Next, add the sugar and you'll get a beautiful foamy top on the skinny drink.

Enjoy at meal time or snack time. This juice recipe goes very well with sandwiches prepared on ciabatta or rustic peasant bread that are stuffed with lean deli meat, cheese and fresh vegetables.

 

Cranberry Spinach Salad Recipe

You will need the following ingredients to prepare this delicious and light salad recipe. It will fit easily into your healthy weight loss plan.

1 small bag of fresh baby spinach
1/2 to 1 cup of dried sweetened cranberries
1/2 cup of reduced fat raspberry-walnut salad dressing

Image of cranberries.How to Prepare

Simply combine all of the above ingredients before serving. This is a very beautiful salad. You can add other ingredients if you wish - such as sunflower or pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds or chopped nuts, such as walnut or pecans.

Cranberry Trail Mix Recipe

Recipe Ingredients

Combine dried cranberries with your favorite selections of fresh roasted nuts, seeds and yogurt covered raisins.

Add other dried fruits - such as pineapple, apricot and apple to the mixture along with small pretzel sticks. This makes for a very healthy snack packed with protein benefits which can assist in quelling hunger.

Nutrition Notes, Diet Tips

Be sure to limit the amount that you consume because when enjoyed freely, the calorie values rise quickly. A Tablespoon or two here and there should suffice. This mix is also lovely when added to cold cereal.

How much beta carotene in cranberries?

1 cup of raw cranberries contains about 36 µg's of beta carotene.

Beta Carotene Content of Small Fruits

Data Based on µg & 1 Cup Raw Unless Noted

Cranberries

36

Figs, dried, uncooked, 2 fruit

2

Raspberries, raw

15

Red or Green Grapes, Thompson variety

62

Plums, canned, purple

1396

Prunes, five

165

Strawberries, frozen, sweetened, sliced

36

Blueberries, frozen, sweetened

69

Blackberries, raw

184

Raspberries, frozen, red, sweetened

53

 

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