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Apples with dip

May 18, 2019

Recipe

Apples with dip — one of many healthy recipes from Mayo Clinic.

Serves 8

Using fat-free instead of full-fat cream cheese cuts about 50 calories and 4 grams of mostly saturated fat from each serving.

Remove the cream cheese from the refrigerator to allow it to soften, about 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, vanilla and cream cheese. Mix until smooth. Stir in chopped peanuts.

Place sliced apples in another bowl. Drizzle orange juice over the apples to prevent browning. Drain the sliced apples and serve with the dip.

8 ounces fat-free cream cheese
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 tablespoons chopped unsalted peanuts
4 medium or 8 small apples, cored and sliced
1/2 cup orange juice

DASH Eating Plan Servings

Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 1 Fats and oils 1 Fruits Grains and grain products Meats, poultry and fish Nuts, seeds and dry beans Sweets Vegetables

Diabetes Meal Plan Choices

1 Fats Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) 1 Fruits Meat and meat substitutes Milk and milk products Nonstarchy vegetables Starches Sweets, desserts and other carbohydrates

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings

Carbohydrates 1 Fats 1 Fruits Protein and dairy Sweets Vegetables

Nutritional analysis per serving

Calcium 118 Calories 19 g Total carbohydrate 3 mg Cholesterol 2.5 g Dietary fiber 1 g Monounsaturated fat Potassium 6 g Protein 0.5 g Saturated fat 1/2 medium apple and 2 tablespoons of dip Serving size 202 mg Sodium 2 g Total fat