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Fruit-And-Nut Balls Recipe

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Fruit-And-Nut Balls
1/2 cup Dates, pitted
1/2 cup Raisins, dark or golden
2 tbsp Cocoa -or- Carob Powder
1/2 cup Walnuts
1/2 cup Sunflower Seeds
Walnuts, ground


Grind together dates, raisins, cocoa (or carob powder), walnuts and
sunflower seeds in a food processor or meat grinder.

Press the mixture into 24 small balls. Roll in the ground nuts.
Store in an airtight container.

Serves 12

Two Balls = Calories: Carbohydrates: 10 Protein: 2 Fat: 6 Sodium: 2
Potassium: 104 Cholesterol: 0

Exchange Value: 1 Fruit Exchange + 1 Fat Exchange

Source: Holiday Cookbook, American Diabetes Association, ISBN
0-13-024894-0, by Betty Wedman, M.S.,R.D.

Shared by: Norman R. Brown
 


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