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"krom" > wrote:

> my bladder hurt a bit so i normally use cranberry juice to fix it...but you
> goto the "juice" isle and its all blends and cocktails with sugar and hfcs.
>
> So i bought a frozen bag of plain washed craberries put them in a blender
> with water liquid splenda a splace lemon juice and a tsp xylitol and
> erythritol.
>
> the entire blender contained 130 calories and after the fiber is counted
> maybe 12 net carbs..so i wasnt suprised when my 6 ounce glass didnt flicker
> my meter but did fix my bladder and was better tasting then those store
> juices.
>
> the rest of the blender i put in a tray in the freezer and made cranberry
> sorbet..even my wife likes it keeps stealing spoonfulls from the
> freezer..lol
>
> dunno why i hadnt thought of this before.
>
> i tried to make cooked one before using whole cranberries that wasnt very
> good.
>
> this was easy and i could see adding gelatin to make jelly .
>
> KROM


Sounds great, and far better than the cranberry extract capsules I keep
around for similar reasons. And, even better, cranberries are coming
into season, so we should be able to get fresh ones soon.

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