Diabetic Recipes

Frozen Bananas

(makes 6 servings)

3 medium ripe bananas
1 4-ounce (120 g) carton fat free vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup (29 g) Grape Nuts cereal
  1. Peel bananas and cut in half crosswise. Insert a wooden stick into the flat end of each banana half.
  2. Using a small spatula, spread some of the yogurt onto the sides of each banana half and immediately roll in the Grape Nuts. Place on a waxed-paper lined baking sheet and freeze firm.
  3. Once frozen, wrap each banana in plastic wrap and insert into a self-sealing plastic bag. Eat frozen.
Per serving: 106 calories (3% calories from fat), 3 g protein, trace total fat (0.1 g saturated fat), 25 g carbohydrate, 2 g dietary fiber, 1 mg cholesterol, 75 mg sodium
Diabetic exchanges: 1 1/2 carbohydrate (1/2 bread/starch, 1 fruit)