Diabetic Salad Recipes

Carrot and Raisin SaladColorful Vegetable Salad Recipe
Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups shredded carrots (about 3Ingredients: 1 medium Size head red leaf lettuce,1 Bunch
large), 3/4 cup chopped celery, 1/3 cup raisins, 1/3 cupof radishes, sliced, 1 Carrot, thinly sliced or grated, 1
coarsely chopped walnuts, 3/4 cup fat-freemedium Sized red bell pepper, diced, 3 Green onions,
mayonnaise,1/2 teaspoon, Dijon-style mustard, 1-2chopped, 1/2 cup Alfalfa spouts, 1/4 cup Creamy Tofu
teaspoons sugar, 1/8 teaspoon salt, 6 lettuce leaves.dressing, 1 tbsp Toasted pine nuts. Preparation: Nuts
Preparation: Combine carrots, celery, raisins, andmay be used.(pine nuts here cost 5.99 a
walnuts in medium bowl. Add remaining ingredients,pound)Separate lettuce leaves and trim, rinsing well in
except lettuce, stirring until blended. Serve oncool water. Spin or pat dry, tear in bite-size pieces and
lettuce-lined salad plates. Servings: 6, Calories: 115,place in a large salad bowl. Add radishes, carrot, bell
Protein: 2.6 g, Sodium: 460 mg, Fat: 4.1 g,pepper, green onions and sprouts. Toss with dressing
Carbohydrates: 19.2 g, Exchanges: 2 Vegetable, 1/2and garnish pine nuts. Food Exchange per serving: 1
Fruit, 1 Fat,Source: 1,001 Recipes For People withvegetables exchage+1 fat
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2ripe tomatoes, sliced, 1green bell pepper, seeded andMeal-Master
thinly sliced, 1cucumber, peeled, seeded, and thinly sliced,Sunday best Fruit Salad
2scallions, white part and 3 inches (7.5 cm) green, thinlyIngredients: (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, juice
sliced on the diagonal, 1/4cup (15 g) chopped flat-leafreserved, 2 apples, peeled and cored, 1 (21 ounce) can
parsley, 2ounces (30 g) low fat feta cheese, crumbled,peach pie filling, 2 bananas, peeled and diced, 3 kiwis, 1
3tablespoons (45 ml) fresh lemon juice, 2tablespoonspint strawberries. In a small bowl, toss the chopped
(30 ml) olive oil, 1/4teaspoon (1.25 ml) crushed driedapples in reserved pineapple juice. Allow to sit for 5 to
oregano, 6crisp inner leaves of romaine lettuce, cut into10 minutes. In a large salad bowl, combine the peach
1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces. Place the tomatoes, bell pepper,pie filling and pineapple chunks. Remove apples from
cucumber, scallion, parsley, and feta cheese in a largepineapple juice and add to pie filling and pineapple
bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, olivemixture. Add chopped bananas to reserved pineapple
oil, and oregano. Pour over vegetable mixture andjuice and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes. Peel and slice kiwi
lightly toss. Divide lettuce between 6 salad plates. Topand 1/2 of strawberries. Chop the other 1/2 of
with the salad mixture and serve. Per serving:83strawberries and set aside. Remove bananas from
calories (59% calories from fat), 3 g protein, 6 g totalpineapple juice and add to pie filling mixture. Add
fat (1.3 g saturated fat), 6 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietarychopped strawberries; toss together. Arrange kiwi
fiber, 3 mg cholesterol, 133 mg sodium. Diabeticslices around the edge of the serving bowl and
exchanges:1/2 carbohydrate (vegetable), 1 fat.alternate with strawberry slices. Chill and serve.