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Green Apple Appetizer

Ingredients:

1 green apple
1 cup of shredded carrots
1 cup of low fat cottage cheese 1% fat or ricotta cheese
5 leaves of butter lettuce
2 tbsp lemon juice
5 cherry tomatoes (to decorate)

Directions:

Chop green apple and mix it with the lemon juice.
Mix it with the carrots and the cottage cheese or ricotta cheese.
Place it on top of the butter lettuce and serve.

Servings:
5 servings.

Other Presentation ideas:
Decorate dish with a cherry tomato.

Menu suggestions:
Serve as an appetizer (or snack) for an extra crunch, smooth and refreshing addition to your menu!

Courtesy of:
Raquel Pereira, MS, RD

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/5 of recipe
Servings Per Recipe 5

Amount Per Serving

Calories 58

Total Fat* 0.6g

Saturated Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g
Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 1.8 mg

Total Carbohydrate 7.3 g (after subtracting fiber =5.6g)

Dietary Fiber 1.7g

Sugars 5.2g

Protein 6.2g

Sodium 201.4mg

Exchanges per Serving
0.5 Starch
1 Very Lean Meat

0.5 Carbohydrate Choice

* Total fat may be slightly higher than the sum of individual fat totals due to rounding or lack of available information (some food items in the software do not have an indicated breakdown of mono- and polyunsaturated fats).

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