Confetti Bean Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

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Confetti Bean Salad Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

16 oz Mixed cut green & wax beans
(1 can)
1/2 cup Cider vinegar
1 tbsp Mixed pickling spices
1/4 cup Celery, finely chopped
1/4 cup Green pepper, chopped
1/4 cup Onion, chopped
2 tbsp Pimiento, chopped
Sugar substitute equivalent, to 5 teaspoons sugar
Crisp lettuce leaves

Recipe Instructions:

Drain beans, saving liquid. Combine this liquid with vinegar in a
saucepan. Add mixed pickling qpice, either loose or in a small
cheesecloth bag. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and
simmer gently for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, mix all the vegetables in a
bowl. Remove liquid from heat; add sweetener and stir until
dissolved. Pour over vegetables and remove spice bag or loose spices.
Chill several hours, stirring occasionaly. Drain before serving on
crisp lettuce. Food Exchange per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE CHO:
7g; PRO: 1g; FAT: 0; CAL: 28

SOURCE: The Art of Cooking For the Diabetic by Mary Abbott Hess,R.D.,
M.S. and Katharine Middleton
Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master

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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Important Note: This Confetti Bean Salad recipe was located in the public domain.It is suitable' for diabetics and low carb diets solely because someone, somewhere, decided to publish them as such. I am not qualified in medicine or nutrition, so please use your own common sense when deciding which are appropriate for your particular diet.

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This Confetti Bean Salad Recipe may also be ideal for anyone following the Atkins diet, or seeking to reduce their carbohydrate intake for other reasons.