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Recipe: Bananas Foster

BANANAS FOSTER PLUS (serves 4)

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons light margarine (1/8 cup)
  • 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 2 medium bananas, sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • 2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 medium peach or nectarine, pitted and sliced1/2 inch thick, or 1/2 cup canned juice-pack sliced peaches (about 4 ounces), drained
  • 1 tablespoon dark rum or 1/4 teaspoon rum extract
  • 2 cups nonfat or low-fat vanilla frozen yogurt or ice milk (1 pint)

In a medium skillet over medium heat, melt margarine.

Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Cook and stir for 3 to 5 minutes, or until sugar melts.

Add bananas, kiwifruit, and peach. Cook, stirring gently, for about 1 minute or until heated through.

Stir in rum. Cook, stirring gently, for 1 minute.

Serve warm with frozen yogurt.

Calories: 257
Protein: 4 g
Carbohydrates: 55 g
Total Fat: 3 g
Saturated Fat: 1 g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g
Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 1 mg
Sodium: 126 mg

Reprinted with permission from American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook, 2nd Edition Copyright © 1989, 1997 American Heart Association Published by Times Books, a division of Random House, Inc

 


 

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