A Summer Party Recipe: Gelatin Fruit Salad

 "This gorgeous salad is so refreshing and bursting with flavor that you won't think of it as sugar-free," says Eleanor Mielke of Snohomish, Washington.  "A diabetic friend shared the recipe." 

1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 package (.6 ounce) sugar-free cherry gelatin
1 can (12 ounces) or  1-1/2 cups diet ginger ale
1 can (8 ounces) unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained
Apple slices & fresh mint, optional

In a saucepan, bring the applesauce to a boil; remove from heat.
Stir in gelatin until dissolved.  Slowly add ginger ale and pineapple.
Pour into a 2-qt. serving bowl.  Chill until set.  Garnish with apples
and mint if desired. 

Yield: 8 servings.
Nutritional Analysis: One serving equals 30 calories, 53 mg sodium,
0 cholesterol, 7 gm carbohydrate, 1 gm protein, trace fat.