Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I'm posting six more recipes to help you with your Thanksgiving dinner. Of course, you can fix these yummy diabetic recipes at any time. Enjoy!
Note: Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, there won't any posts tomorrow. However, I'll be back here on Friday. (I might try posting another couple of recipes later today.) Hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful!
FRESH CRANBERRY AND WILD RICE STUFFING
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
1/2 cup wild rice, uncooked
1 cup water
1/4 cup raisins, dark or golden
5 scallions, chopped
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 cup celery, or fennel bulb, chopped
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 tablespoon orange rind-grated
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
Directions
Put the wild rice in a saucepan.
Add the water and raisins and cook over medium heat for 1 hour, or until the rice is tender. Drain.
Saute the onions and celery (or fennel bulb) in the oil until tender.
Add the cranberries, orange rind, thyme and rice.
Serve as a side dish; this stuffing goes great with poultry dishes such as cornish game hen, as well as lighter pork dishes such as pan seared pork loin.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 135; Fat: 2 g; Sodium: 111 mg; Cholesterol: 1 mg; Carbohydrates: 26 g; Exchanges: 2 Starch/Bread
CHOCOLATE SWIRL CHEESECAKE
This recipe begins, “New York-style cheesecake swirled with a rich chocolate mixture. Serve with fresh raspberries.”
Yield: 16 servings
Source: Equal ®
Find this recipe at: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/990.shtml
Ingredients
Crust Ingredients:
1-1/4 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
4 tablespoons stick butter or margarine, melted
2 tablespoons Equal Spoonful or Granulated*
Cheesecake Ingredients:
3 packages (8 ounces each) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup Equal Spoonful or Granulated**
2 eggs
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup reduced fat sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, melted, slightly cooled
1 tablespoon fat-free milk
Chocolate curls (optional)
* May substitute 3 packets Equal sweetener
* May substitute 3 packets Equal sweetener
** May substitute 18 packets Equal sweetener
Directions
For Crust, mix vanilla wafer crumbs, butter and 2 tablespoons Equal. Press onto bottom and 1/2-inch up side of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake in preheated 325F oven 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack while preparing cheesecake.
For Cheesecake, beat cream cheese and 3/4 cup Equal in mixing bowl on medium speed of mixer until smooth and well combined. Mix in eggs, egg whites and cornstarch. Fold in sour cream and vanilla until combined. Remove 1/2 cup cheesecake batter. Pour remaining batter over baked crust.
Add melted chocolate and fat-free milk to 1/2 cup reserved cheesecake batter; mix well. Place spoonfuls of chocolate mixture on top of cheesecake. Using tip of knife or spatula, gently swirl chocolate batter into cheesecake.
Bake in preheated oven 45 to 50 minutes or until center of cake is almost set. Cool on wire rack. Gently run metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake. Let cheesecake cool completely. Cover and refrigerate several hours or overnight before serving.
To serve, remove side of pan. Garnish top of cheesecake with chocolate curls, if desired. Cut cake into wedges.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 164; Protein: 7 g; Fat: 11 g; Sodium: 235 mg; Cholesterol: 57 mg; Carbohydrates: 8 g; Exchanges: 1 milk, 2 fat
ASPARAGUS WITH PINE NUTS AND PIMENTO
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
1 pound to 1-1/4 pound fresh asparagus
1 cup water
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup diced pimento
1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts
Directions
Rinse asparagus and snap off tough ends.
In a large skillet, bring water to a boil and add asparagus.
Cover and steam asparagus until bright green, 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove from heat, drain and arrange on a platter.
Sprinkle with lime juice.
Garnish with pimento and pine nuts. Serve warm or chilled.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 37; Fat: 2 g; Sodium: 6 mg; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Carbohydrates: 7 g; Exchanges: 1 Vegetable
SWEET POTATO PIE
Yield: 1 pie (8 servings)
Source: The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes
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Ingredients
3 tablespoons margarine
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg yolk
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 large sweet potatoes (1-1/2 pounds total), cooked, peeled, and mashed
1 cup fat-free evaporated milk
3 large egg whites
1 prepared 9-inch pie shell, unbaked
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Beat together the margarine, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Add the egg yolk, lemon juice, lemon zest, and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in the sweet potatoes and milk; mix again.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold them into the sweet potato mixture; pour into the pie shell.
Bake for about 40 to 50 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and cut the pie in 8 equal slices.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 291; Protein: 7 g; Fat: 13 g; Sodium: 313 mg; Cholesterol: 28 mg; Dietary Fiber: 3 g; Sugars: 17 g; Carbohydrates: 38 g; Exchanges: 2-1/2 Other Carbohydrate, 2 Fat
PUMPKIN SOUP
Yield: 5 servings (1 cup each)
Source: The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes
Find this recipe at: http://diabeticgourmet.com/recipes/html/409.shtml
Ingredients
2 teaspoons margarine
3/4 cup chopped onion
One 16-ounce can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
2 cups Homemade Chicken Broth OR canned reduced-sodium chicken broth
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves or ground nutmeg
1 cup fat-free milk
Directions
Melt the margarine in a medium saucepan. Saute the onion until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add the pumpkin, broth, sugar, salt, and cloves; stir to mix well. Bring to a boil; reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Puree until smooth in a blender or food processor. Return to the saucepan. Add the milk; heat thoroughly but do not boil. Serve at once.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 89; Protein: 4 g; Fat: 3 g; Sodium: 318 mg; Cholesterol: 1 mg; Carbohydrates: 15 g; Exchanges: 1 Starch
SOUTHERN PECAN PIE
Servings: 10
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Ingredients
1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
1 cup fruit sweetener
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tablespoons water
2 tablespoon cornstarch
3 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon very strong coffee or espresso, prepared
24 pecan halves
Directions
Prepare pastry and place in 9" pie pan.
In large bowl, combine fruit sweetener, cornmeal and applesauce.
Beat with an electric mixer.
In a small bowl, blend water and cornstarch until smooth.
Add to fruit sweetener mixture and blend.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Stir in the vanilla and coffee.
Pour mixture into pie shell.
Decorate top with pecan halves.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until custard is set, at 375F.
Cool slightly before cutting.
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories: 211; Protein: 3 g; Fat: 9 g; Sodium: 69 mg; Cholesterol: 82 mg; Carbohydrates: 28 g; Exchanges: 1 Bread, 1 Fruit, 2 Fat
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