Asparagus Almondine from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Asparagus Almondine Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

3 cups diagonally sliced asparagus
2 tbsp low-calorie margarine
1/4 cup sliced almonds
fresh ground pepper
1 dash salt, optional

Recipe Instructions:

Blanch the asparagus in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain.

Melt the margarine in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the almonds and saut‚ until the almonds are toasted, about 3 minutes. Top the asparagus with the almonds. Season with pepper and salt and serve.

Serving size: 1/2 cup

Exchanges: Monounsaturated Fat Exchange -- 1 Vegetable Exchange -- 1 Calories -- 65 Calories from Fat -- 41 Total Fat -- 5g Saturated Fat -- 1g Cholesterol -- 0mg Sodium -- 40mg Carbohydrate -- 5g Dietary Fiber -- 2g Sugars -- 2g Protein -- 3g

Notes: Recipe for Saturday, 5/9/98

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Copyright © 1998 American Diabetes Association

MC formatted using MC Buster 2.0f & SNT on 5/9/98

Servings: 6

“That's something I've noticed about food: whenever there's a crisis if you can get people to eating normally things get better.”

~ Madeleine L'Engle (1918--) American author.

 

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