Pesto from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Pesto from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

If you are unsure whether this Pesto 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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Pesto Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

2/3 cup fresh basil leaves - (tightly packed)
3 scallions, including 2" green, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp dry-roasted sunflower seeds
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
3 tsp low-sodium fat-free chicken broth - (to 4)
1/2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

 

Recipe Instructions:

Place first 5 ingredients in a blender or food processor. Pulse on and off until finely minced.

Add the stock to thin the mixture. Stir in cheese.

This recipe yields 1/2 cup.

Exchanges Per 1-teaspoon Serving: Free Food.

Nutrition Facts: 2 calories (42% calories from fat), 0 protein, trace total fat (0 saturated fat), 0 carbohydrates, 0 dietary fiber, 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium.

Source:
"Diabetic Recipes at http://www.diabetic-recipes.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-04-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Diabetic-Lifestyle, 2001"
Yield:
"1/2 cup"

Servings: 0




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


 

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

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