Pineapple Smoothie

Ingredients

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

Directions
Drain pineapple, reserving ½ cup juice. Freeze pineapple chunks. Place juice, buttermilk, vanilla, sweetener and frozen pineapple into a blender container. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and garnish with mint if desired. Diabetic exchanges: one serving = ½ skim milk, ½ fruit; also, 74 calories, 52 mg sodium, 2 mg cholesterol, 16gm carbohydrate, 2 gm protein and 1gm fat. Lifted from aug/sep 93 taste of home magazin