Garden Tuna Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Garden Tuna Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes
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If you are unsure whether this Garden Tuna Salad 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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Garden Tuna Salad Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

1 can tuna packed in water - (6 oz), drained
1 medium carrot, chopped
1 celery rib, chopped
1/2 cup reduced-fat Monterey Jack
cheese in 1/4" cubes
1/4 cup frozen green peas, thawed, drained
1/4 tsp dried parsley flakes
1/3 cup reduced-fat Italian salad dressing
Lettuce, as needed
Tomato slices, as needed
2 rounds pita bread, cut into halves

 

Recipe Instructions:

Place tuna in large bowl; break into chunks. Add carrot, celery, cheese, peas and parsley; toss to blend.

Pour dressing over tuna mixture; toss lightly to coat.

Place one piece lettuce and one tomato slice into each pita half. Divide tuna salad evenly among pita halves.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Starch, 2 Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 213; Calories from fat 23%; Total Fat 6g; Saturated Fat 2g; Protein 19g; Carbohydrates 22g; Cholesterol 24mg; Sodium 605mg; Dietary Fiber 4g.

Hint: Get in the healthy habit of purchasing reduced-fat and fat-free salad dressings and condiments. Most supermarkets offer a wide variety of great flavors to choose from, and you'll be cutting a significant amount of fat and calories from your diet.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"07-28-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4






“Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.”
~ Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)


 

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Important Note: This Garden Tuna 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 Garden Tuna Salad Recipe may also be ideal for anyone following the Atkins diet, or seeking to reduce their carbohydrate intake for other reasons.