Chai-spiced fruit skewers

Chai-spiced fruit skewersMakes 4 servings

Introduction

Mix and match your favourite fruits of the season to fulfill your fruit serving requirements for the day, according to the Canada's Food Guide. Adults require seven to 10 portions of vegetables and fruit a day, depending on your age and gender.

Ingredients

  • Chai spice
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) cinnamon
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) ground ginger
  • 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cardamom
  • ½ tsp (2 mL) ground cloves
  • pinch of black pepper
  • 2 cups (500 mL) pineapple, 8 large chunks
  • 2 kiwi fruit, cut into 8 large chunks
  • 8 strawberries
  • 4 blackberries
  • 4 skewers
  • 2 cups (500 mL) low-fat frozen yogurt

Directions

  1. In a clean spice bottle or shaker combine the chai spice ingredients.
  2. On each skewer place two pieces of pineapple, kiwi fruit, strawberries and 1 blackberry. Lightly sprinkle each side with chai spice. You will have some of the spice mixture left over.
  3. Heat barbeque to medium heat. Grill fruit for 5 minutes or until warm. Serve over frozen yogurt.

Nutritional information per serving
(1 skewer and cup/125 mL yogurt)

  • Calories: 182
  • Protein: 6 g
  • Fat: 2 g
    • Saturated fat: 1 g
    • Dietary cholesterol: 5 mg
  • Carbohydrate: 38 g
    • Dietary fibre: 3 g
  • Sodium: 65 mg
  • Potassium: 486 mg

Developed by Nadine Day, RD. ©The Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Posted June 2007.