Cherry Recipes: Cherry Salsa

Cherry Salsa

      1 c  Cherries; dark; sweet*
      2 tb Basil; chopped fresh
      1 tb Green pepper; finely chopped
      1 ts Lemon juice
    1/4 ts Worcestershire sauce
    1/4 ts Lemon peel; grated
    1/8 ts Salt
    1/8 ts Tabasco Sauce
 
Pit and chop the fresh OR frozen dark sweet cherries and combine with all other ingredients; refrigerate at least 1 hour.

Serve as a condiment with chicken; turkey or pork.

Yield: 3/4 cup.

Diabetic Exchange: 2 T=1/2 fruit. Also=22 calories, 59 mg sodium, 0 mg cholesterol, 5 gm carbohydrate, 1 gm protein, and 1/2 g, fat.