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Minted Strawberries

4 cups sliced fresh strawberries

½ cup sugar

4 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2 teaspoon chopped fresh mint

Additional mint leaves as optional garnish

Combine strawberries, sugar and juice; let sit 30-60 minutes to create juice. Stir in mint just before serving.

Makes about 4 cups; enough for one pound cake.

Nutrition values per serving: 25 calories, trace amount fat (0 saturated), 6 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein, 0 cholesterol, 0 sodium.