pasta - fruited couscous salad

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Fruited Coucous Salad

 

Recipe By :Healthy Tomorrow 1999-07

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : 2Send Pasta

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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3/4 cup pineapple juice

1/2 cup water

1 cup uncooked whole-wheat couscous

1/2 papaya -- seeded and diced

1/2 mango -- seeded and diced

1 orange -- segmented and diced

1 kiwi fruit -- skinned and diced

1 cup fresh pineapple chunks

or 3/4 cup canned pineapple tidbits in juice -- drained

8 strawberries -- sliced

3 Tbsp. honey

2 Tbsp. minced fresh mint

 

Combine water and juice and heat to boiling. Mix boiling juice and couscous in

bowl; set aside. Combine all the diced fruits and the honey in a non-reactive

bowl. Add the couscous and mint and mix well. Cover the bowl and let the

mixture chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight. Serve chilled or at

room temperature. Serves approximately 8 one cup servings.

 

This fruit salad is loaded with carotenoids, vitamin C, and potassium and is a

delicious mix of fruits. Look for whole-wheat couscous in health food stores

(Loma Linda Market).

 

Calories 155

Fat, gm .4

Cholesterol, mg 0

Sodium, mg 5

Diabetic exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit

 

Recipe adapted from Dr. Stephanie Beling's book Power Foods.

 

 

Source:

" Loma Linda University Medical Center "

S(VegRecipes):

" Hanneman 2001-05-14 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 1293 Calories; 3g Fat (2.2% calories from

fat); 28g Protein; 298g Carbohydrate; 25g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 42mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 9 Grain(Starch); 0 Vegetable; 7 Fruit; 3 1/2 Other

Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 449 0 0 0 0 0 2130706543 0 0 0

 

 

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