Pineapple Smoothie

Description
Lifted from Aug/Sep '93 Taste of Home magazine

Ingredients

 * 20 oz unsweetened pineapple chunks
 * 1 cup buttermilk
 * 2 tsp vanilla extract
 * 2 tsp liquid sweetener
 * mint leaves — optional

Directions

 * 1) Drain pineapple, reserving ½ cup juice.
 * 2) Freeze pineapple chunks.
 * 3) Place juice, buttermilk, vanilla, sweetener and frozen pineapple into a blender container.
 * 4) Blend until smooth.
 * 5) Pour into glasses and garnish with mint if desired.

Nutritional information

 * Diabetic exchanges: one serving = ½ skim milk, ½ fruit
 * 74 calories, 52 mg sodium, 2 mg cholesterol, 16gm carbohydrate, 2 gm protein and 1gm fat.