Add a fancy touch to breakfast or brunch with this fruit medley drizzled with chilled mint syrup. It's ready to serve in less than an hour.
Melon and Bananas with Grapefruit-Mint Syrup
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup fresh or bottled grapefruit juice
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh mint leaves
- 1/2 small honeydew melon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 1/4 cups)
- 1/2 small cantaloupe, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 2 1/4 cups)
- 2 medium bananas, cut in half lengthwise, sliced
- Fresh mint sprigs
Instructions
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Step1In 1-quart saucepan, mix sugar, grapefruit juice and cornstarch. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir in sliced mint. Cover; refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
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Step2Divide honeydew, cantaloupe and bananas among individual serving dishes; spoon syrup over fruit. Garnish with mint sprigs.
Nutrition
100
Calories
0g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
20g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving (1/2 Cup)
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 15mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 290mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 20g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 25%
- 25%
- Vitamin C
- 20%
- 20%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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