Lemon Pie from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Lemon Pie from Healthy Diabetic Recipes
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If you are unsure whether this Lemon Pie recipe is suitable for your personal diabetic diet, please consult your doctor or a qualified nutritionalist.



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Lemon Pie Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

CRUST
8 Graham crackers,crushed 3/4c
3 tbsp Melted margarine
2 tbsp Sugar
FILLING
2 large Egg whites at room temp.
1/4 tsp Cream of tartar
1/4 cup Sugar
1 cup Water
3 tbsp Lemon juice
2 tbsp Cornstarch
1 Lemon rind grated
1 tbsp Margarine
3 drop Yellow food coloring
8 package Equal 1 gr (16 tsp aspartame

 

Recipe Instructions:

Combine crust ingredients in 9" pie plate and mix with fingers. Press
crumbs evenly around edges and on the bottom of pie tin. Bake at 350
F for 6 min. Cool before filling.

FILLING Beat egg whites until frothy. Add cream of tartar and
continue to beat at high speed, gradually adding sugar until meringue
is stiff.

Combine water, lemon juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan and stir
until smooth. Add lemon rind, margarine and food coloring to
cornstarch mixture and cook and stir over moderate heat until
thickened and the starchy taste is gone. Remove from heat.

Mix sweetener into hot cooked mixture. Fold hot cooked mixture into
meringue and mix lightly but thoroughly.

Pour filling into crust and refrigerate until firm. 8 servings.

Per serving, including crust: 132 cal, 18 gm cho, 2 gm pro, 6 gm fat,
130 mg NA 1 bread, 1 fat exchange

Source: The New Diabetic Cookbook by Mabel Cavaiani c. 1989 Shared by
Elizabeth Rodier July 1993

Servings: 8






“Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like water and air, it should be available.”
~ Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American Nobel Prize winning author.


 

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