1 1/2 c  Sliced canned / cooked beets

      1    Bay leaf

      4    Whole cloves

      4    Whole allspice

      1 sm Grapefruit

      1 pk Equal sweetener (2 tsp)

  Drain the liquid from the canned beets, reserving 1/2 cup.  (Use
  water with fresh beets.)  Combine the 1/2 cup beet liquid, bay leaf,
  cloves and allspice in a small saucepan.  Heat to boiling.  Lower the
  heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
  Section the grapefruit.  Remove the spices from the liquid and pour
  over the beet slices and grapefruit sections.  Add the sweetener.
  Marinate for at least 1 hour before serving.  Drain off the liquid
  before serving.
  1/2 recipe - 86 calories, 1/2 fruit exchange, 2 vegetable exchanges 21

  grams carbohydrate, 2 grams protein, 0 fat 302 mg sodium, 380 mg
  potassium, 0 cholesterol
  Source:  Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman, 1986
  Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93