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Portions:
12

Serving Size:
1/2 cup

    Diet Types:
  • CKD non-dialysis
  • Diabetes
  • Dialysis
  • Lower Protein
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sour cream 
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 15 ounces canned pineapple chunks
  • 15 ounces canned sliced peaches
  • 1-1/2 cup maraschino cherries
  • 3 cups miniature marshmallows
  • 12 lettuce leaves

Preparation

  1. Mix sour cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a bowl.
  2. Drain pineapple, peaches and cherries. Add fruit and marshmallows to sour cream mixture. Gently mix.
  3. Let chill in refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  4. If desired, serve on a lettuce leaf. 

Helpful hints

  • Nutrient analysis based on drained fruit canned in syrup.
  • To lower carbohydrate count, patients with diabetes may substitute fruit packed in juice and use low calorie sweetener. (126 calories, 24 grams carbohydrate per serving)

Nutrients per serving

Calories 176

Protein 1 g

Carbohydrates 36 g

Fat 4 g

Cholesterol 7 mg

Sodium 17 mg

Potassium 132 mg

Phosphorus 28 mg

Calcium 32 mg

Fiber 1.1 g

Renal and renal diabetic food choices

  • 1 fruit, low potassium
  • 1 high calorie

Carbohydrate choices

2

Submitted by: DaVita dietitian Mandy from Colorado.

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