Diabetic-friendly Cranberry Punch

Ingredients

 * 1 lbs cranberries
 * water as needed
 * 6 oz can frozen orange juice conc
 * 2 tbsp granul. artificial sweetener

Directions
Wash cranberries, removing stems and soft berries. Cook according to package instructions until berries are soft. My note: 2 tbsp. regular sugar would add 96 calories and 24.8 gm carbohydrate to the total recipe (6 calories, 1.55 gm carbohyrate per serving). Add while cranberries are cooking if desired and omit sweetener. Chop berries in blender or put through food mill. Add 2 cups water. Strain through cheesecloth or several thicknesses of nylon net. Add orange juice concentrate and sweetener (if using). Dilute with enough water to make 8 cups. (6 cups printed in the book would not make 16 servings). ½ cup serving - 32 calories made with sweetener, ½ fruit exchange .4 gm protein, 0.1 gm fat, 7.9 gm carbohydrate, .4 mg sodium, 105.8 mg potassium.