Watermelon-Tea Snow Cones
Recipe from Diabetic Living

This frozen dessert gets its lively flavor from mint, Red Zinger tea, and watermelon. And it only has 15 g of carbs.


Watermelon-Tea Snow Cones


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Servings: 4 servings
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Ingredients
 
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  • 2/3  cup  waterOn Sale
  • 1/3  cup  lightly packed fresh mint leaves or 2 small sprigs fresh rosemaryOn Sale
  • 3  bags  Red Zinger teaOn Sale
  • 3  tablespoons  sugar or sugar substitute* equivalent to 3 tablespoons sugarOn Sale
  • 2  cups  seeded, cubed watermelonOn Sale
  • 3  cups  ice cubesOn Sale

Directions
1.
In a small saucepan, bring the water to boiling; add mint or rosemary. Simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add tea bags; cover and let steep for 4 minutes. Strain mixture through a sieve, pressing tea bags to remove all liquid; discard tea bags and mint or rosemary. Let tea stand about 30 minutes or until cooled to room temperature. Add sugar, stirring until dissolved.
2.
Meanwhile, place watermelon in blender. Cover and blend until smooth. (You should have about 1 1/4 cups pureed watermelon.) Add pureed watermelon to the tea mixture. Cover and chill for 4 hours to 3 days.
3.
Place watermelon mixture in blender. With blender running, add ice cubes, one at a time, through the hole in the lid; blend until the mixture is slushy and almost spoonable. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

Sugar Substitutes
Choose from Splenda Granular, Equal Spoonful or packets, or Sweet'N Low bulk or packets. Follow package directions to use amount equivalent to 3 tablespoons sugar.PER SERVING WITH SUBSTITUTE: same as above, except 28 cal., 7 g carbo. Exchanges: 0 other carbo.

Nutrition information
Calories 60, Total Fat 0 g, Saturated Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Sodium 1 mg, Carbohydrate 15 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 0%. Exchanges: Fruit .5, Other Carbohydrate .5. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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