Corn & Tomato Polenta from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Corn & Tomato Polenta from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

If you are unsure whether this Corn & Tomato Polenta recipe is suitable for your personal diabetic diet, please consult your doctor or a qualified nutritionalist.



"A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die."
~ 'A Tramp Abroad', Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)


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Corn & Tomato Polenta Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

1 qt Water
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Yellow cornmeal
1/2 cup Tomato Sauce
1 tsp Dried leaf oregano
1/2 cup Whole-kernel corn, * drained
1/2 tsp Hot pepper flakes, crushed
Pepper to taste

 

Recipe Instructions:

In a heavy, 3-quart saucepan, bring water and salt to a boil. Slowly
pour cornmeal into saucepan so that water does not stop boiling,
stirring to keep smooth. Reduce heat and simmer 20 to 25 minutes,
stirring often until mixture is stiff. Meanwhile, in a small
saucepan, heat tomato sauce, oregano, corn, hot pepper flakes and
pepper. When cornmeal is stiff, turn half into a serving dish and top
with half the sauce. Layer remaining cornmeal and sauce and let rest
to 5 to 10 minutes. Cut in squares and serve.

Food Exchanges per serving: 1 1/2 STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE CAL: 105,
CHO: Omg; CAR: 23g; PRO: 3g; SOD: 208mg; FAT: Og;

Source: Light & Easy Diabetics Cuisine by Betty Marks

Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal Master

Servings: 6




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Important Note: This Corn & Tomato Polenta 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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