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Iced Lemons with Raspberries and Mint
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Favorite Fruits
Fruits offer a host of nutrients including vitamin C to accompany their great taste. Be sure to get at least 2 to 3 servings of fruits daily.
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Lemons should always have a place in your fridge. A squeeze can wake up anything from water to fish. And the zest can add summer freshness to salads or chicken dishes year round.
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Eat Up Slim Down Annual Recipes 2006 from Prevention® (2006) p. 221.
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Iced Lemons with Raspberries and Mint

Love raspberry lemonade? Chill out with this dessert. From Prevention Healthy Cooking.
Prep Time:25 min
Start to Finish:7 hr 30 min
makes:8 servings

8lemons
1/2cup water
4mint leaves
1 1/2cups sugar
1 1/2cups raspberries
1.Slice tops off of lemons to make toppers. Scoop out insiders of lemons and strain to create 1 cup of juice. Discard pulp and reserve excess juice for future use.
2.Place empty lemon shells and toppers on baking sheet and place in freezer until filling is ready.
3.In small saucepan over low heat, heat water, mint, and sugar to boiling. Boil 2 to 3 minutes, or until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat; strain Set aside to cool. Remove and discard mint leaves.
4.Add lemon juice to cooled syrup mixture. Freeze syrup mixture at least 4 hours, or overnight.
5.When mixture is frozen, place in food processor and process until creamy. Fold in raspberries and freeze at least 3 hours.
6.To assemble dessert, pack lemon-raspberry filling into frozen lemon shells. Place toppers on; return to freezer until ready to serve.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 170 (Calories from Fat 0); Total Fat 0g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 5mg; Total Carbohydrate 42g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 39g); Protein 0% Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 25%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0Exchanges: 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable Carbohydrate Choices: 3 MyPyramid Servings: 1/4 c Fruits 
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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