Fruit Kebabs with Dipping Sauces
Serve these attractive kebabs with your choice of two yogurt dipping sauces, both of which are great dressings for fruit salad. Substitute in-season fruits when making the kebabs, if you wish. Serves 4; 1/2 cup fruit and 2 tablespoons sauce per serving.

  • Yucatán or Maple-Peanut Dipping Sauce (recipes follow)
  • 4 1-inch pineapple cubes
  • 12 seedless red grapes
  • 4 large strawberries, hulled
  • 2 medium green kiwifruit, peeled and cut in half vertically

Yucatán Dipping Sauce: 1/2 cup fat-free or low-fat vanilla yogurt 1/2 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste Pinch of salt.

Maple-Peanut Dipping Sauce: 1/2 cup fat-free or low-fat plain yogurt 1 tablespoon reduced-fat smooth peanut butter 1 teaspoon maple syrup Pinch of salt.

Directions
In a small bowl, stir together the ingredients for your choice of sauce. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Slide the fruit onto four 6-inch bamboo skewers, in the following order: pineapple, grape, strawberry, grape, kiwifruit, grape. (The grapes keep the strawberries from discoloring the other fruits.) Serve the kebabs with the chilled dipping sauce.

Nutrition Information per Serving

With Yucatan Dipping Sauce:
Calories: 76
Carbs: 17g
Fat: 0.5g
Protein: 2g
Fiber: 2g
Sodium: 60 mg
With Maple-Peanut Dipping Sauce:
Calories: 92
Carbs: 17g
Fat:: 2g
Protein: 4g
Fiber: 2g
Sodium: 94 mg

American Heart Association No-Fad Diet: A Personal Plan for Healthy Weight Loss , Copyright © 2005 by the American Heart Association.

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