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Happy 2016! I hope I find you fully recovered from your New Year’s Eve party, and another year healthier, wealthier, and wiser.

I’m refreshed and ready to dive into a new year of fabulous dishes, accompanied by butt-busting workouts!

For me, comforting holiday dishes generally equal extra curves. So I’ve vowed to clean up my act, with health conscious meals over the next fews weeks… And pick up my workouts where I left off in early December.

The only problem is, I need dessert. Like air.

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I’m not going to tell you that I will completely eliminate sweets. It’s just not possible.

Solution? Lighter, leaner treats. I’ll just think of it as a personal challenge this month.

My sweet hubby got me a new ice cream machine for Christmas. Our old machine bit the dust last spring and I managed to make it through the summer and fall without one.

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We decided to give it a spin, starting with a light lemon sorbet. Only, there were just 2 lemons in the fridge. Not nearly enough for sorbet.

Instead we used freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, and HOLY HEAVEN, was it good! Dare I say better than plain lemon sorbet?

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This delightfully addictive grapefruit basil sorbet offers a slightly bitter and tart bite, balanced by fresh sweet basil leaves.

It makes your tongue dance a little jig! In fact, Grapefruit Basil Sorbet is so lovely, I would consider giving up chocolate for it. (Please don’t hold me to that.)

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Did you know grapefruit helps shrink your stomach, so you feel full?!

Grapefruit Basil Sorbet is fat free, dairy free, gluten free, vegan, utterly delicious, and tricks you into feeling full. You can even make a paleo version by using coconut palm sugar.

You can enjoy it all month when you need a little sweet bite to get you through your day of salads. I’d say that’s a win on all levels.

Take that, January diet.

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Grapefruit Basil Sorbet

Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
This delightfully addictive grapefruit basil sorbet offers a slightly bitter and tart bite, balanced by fresh sweet basil leaves. It makes your tongue dance a little jig!
Servings: 6 cups

Ingredients

  • 4 large ruby red grapefruits, juiced
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 3/4 cups organic cane sugar or palm sugar
  • 2 lemons, zested and juiced
  • 1 cup basil leaves, packed
  • pinch salt

Instructions

  • Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan. Once boiling, add the lemon zest, basil leaves and salt. Stir, remove from heat, and cover. Steep the basil leaves in the simple syrup for at least 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, add the lemon juice to a 4-cup measuring pitcher. Juice the grapefruits into the pitcher until you’ve measured 3 cups of combined juices.
  • Strain the simple syrup and discard the basil leaves. Then mix the syrup with the juice. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours (or to speed up, put in the freezer for 1 hour.)
  • Pour the sorbet mixture into an electric ice cream maker. Turn on and mix for 20+ minutes, until the mixture reaches a “soft serve” consistency.
  • Eat the sorbet immediately, or put in an airtight container and freeze. After frozen, allow the sorbet to sit out for 10-15 minutes to soften before serving.

Notes

NOTE: Make sure to use fresh squeezed grapefruits, not pre-squeezed grapefruit juice, to get the brightest freshest flavor.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cup, Calories: 272kcal, Carbohydrates: 70g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 7mg, Potassium: 181mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 68g, Vitamin A: 210IU, Vitamin C: 37.6mg, Calcium: 18mg, Iron: 0.5mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Sommer Collier
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