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Fruit Desserts, as the name implies, incorporate a specific fruit or combination of complementary fruits to give a unique taste. Fruit desserts can be very healthy.
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Cinnamon Dessert Tacos with Fruit Salsa
by the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
Cinnamon Dessert Taco with Fruit Salsa
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
1
cup sliced fresh strawberries
1
cup cubed fresh pineapple
1
cup cubed peeled kiwi
1/2
teaspoon minced jalapeño pepper* (optional)
2
packets sugar substitute or equivalent of 4 teaspoons sugar (optional)
3
tablespoons sugar
1
tablespoon ground cinnamon
6
(8-inch) flour tortillas
Nonstick cooking spray
Preparation:
1.
Stir together strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, jalapeño pepper and sugar substitute in large bowl; set aside. Combine sugar and cinnamon in small bowl; set aside.
2.
Spray tortilla lightly on both sides with cooking spray. Heat over medium heat in nonstick skillet until slightly puffed and golden brown. Remove from heat; immediately dust both sides with cinnamon-sugar mixture. Shake excess cinnamon-sugar back into small bowl. Repeat cooking and dusting process until all tortillas are warmed.
3.
Fold tortillas in half and fill with fruit mixture. Serve immediately.
Nutritional Information:
| Serving Size: 1 dessert taco with 1/6 of fruit salsa | |
| Fiber | 4 g |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Saturated Fat | <1 g |
| Total Fat | 3 g |
| Calories from Fat | 14 % |
| Calories | 183 |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Sodium | 169 mg |
Dietary Exchange:
| Fat | 1/2 |
| Fruit | 1 |
| Starch | 1-1/2 |
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Publications International, Ltd., the Editors of. "Cinnamon Dessert Tacos with Fruit Salsa." 31 August 2006. HowStuffWorks.com. <http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/cinnamon-dessert-tacos-with-fruit-salsa-recipe.htm> 16 May 2008.
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