Fiesta Rice from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Fiesta Rice Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
3/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup grated reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1 2 ounces jar pimentos, drained and chopped
1/2 cup skim, or 1% milk
1 large tomato, peeled and diced
1 dash paprika
nonstick vegetable cooking spray

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese and all other ingredients except paprika. Stir until well mixed.

Spray casserole with vegetable spray.

Pour in mixture; top with remaining cheddar cheese and sprinkle well with paprika.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

Exchanges: All lunch menus this week have about 450 calories total and include:

2-3 Starch servings 1-2 Meat or Meat Substitute servings 0-2 Vegetable servings 1 Fruit serving 1 Fat serving

Total Fat -- 15g Total Carbohydrate -- 50g Protein -- 22g

Some menus have 1 Skim Milk serving instead of 1 Meat or 1 Starch serving. Or 1 Starch serving instead of the Fruit serving.

Recipe for Thursday, 3/5/98 This week we are featuring complete lunch menus and accompanying recipes from the cookbook Magic Menus for People with Diabetes, a calorie-controlled collection of the "best of" the award-winning Month of Meals series of menu planners. You can order a copy of this and many other cookbooks from our online bookstore or call 1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733).

Lunch: 1 serving Fiesta Rice 1/2 cup green beans 3 medium prunes Tossed salad 1 Tbsp creamy ranch dressing

Copyright © 1998 American Diabetes Association

MC Fortmatted and MC Busted by Barb at PK <abprice@wf.net>

NOTES : 4 servings/Serving size: 1 cup

Posted to RecipeLu List by "abprice@wf.net" <abprice@wf.net> on Mar 12, 1998.

Servings: 1

“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

~ Doug Larson

 

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