BLUE BANANA BOATS

A SWEET TREAT: The kids will come running f or this fruit- based dessert, and parents can serve it without any guilt about too much excess sugar.

Ingredients

2 sheets fruit leather, any flavor

4 ( 4- inch- long) thin pretzel sticks

1 1/ 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

1/ 2 cup grape juice or juice from frozen berries

4 small bananas cut in half lengthwise

1 cup fruit sorbet

1/ 2 cup fruit such as mandarin oranges or grapes, cut into pieces Servings: makes 4 servings Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: none

For the sails: Unroll fruit leather and cut into 4 triangles, about 3 inches on all sides. With a sharp knife, make 3 small cuts along one edge of each triangle; thread onto pretzel sticks.

For the boats: In 4 soup or cereal bowls, divide blueberries evenly; pour 2 tablespoons juice into each bowl. Place banana halves on opposite sides of bowl ( trim banana to fit bowl if necessary); between the banana halves, place 1/ 4 cup sorbet. Scatter fruit over all and push a pretzel sail into sorbet. Serve immediately.

Per serving: 283 calories, 3 grams protein, 1 gram fat ( 4 percent calories from fat), no saturated fat, 69 grams carbohydrate, no cholesterol, 274 milligrams sodium, 5 grams fiber.

Carb count: 4.5.