Cranberry spritzer

Dietician's Tip

To lower calories even further, use a low-calorie sweetener in place of the sugar.

Ingredients

  • 1 quart reduced-calorie cranberry juice
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 quart seltzer water
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 cup raspberry sherbet
  • 10 lemon or lime wedges

Directions

Refrigerate the cranberry juice, lemon juice and carbonated water until cold.

In a large pitcher, mix together the cranberry juice, lemon juice, carbonated water, sugar and sherbet. Pour into tall chilled glasses and garnish with lemon or lime wedges. Serve immediately.

Serving Information

Serves 10

Nutritional analysis per serving

Calories: 100
Total carbohydrate: 24 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Dietary fiber: Trace
Monounsaturated fat: Trace
Protein: Trace
Saturated fat: Trace
Serving size: 1 cup
Sodium: 9 mg
Total fat: Trace

DASH Eating Plan Servings

Sweets: 1

Diabetes Meal Plan Choices

Sweets, desserts and other carbohydrates: 1

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings

Sweets: 1

Last Updated Oct 25, 2019


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