Red Snapper Vera Cruz from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Red Snapper Vera Cruz from Healthy Diabetic Recipes
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If you are unsure whether this Red Snapper Vera Cruz 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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Red Snapper Vera Cruz Recipe


Recipe Ingredients:

4 red snapper fillets - (1 lb total)
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp chili powder
4 green onions with 4" of tops, sliced 1/2" lengths
1 tomato, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup chopped Anaheim or green bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

 

Recipe Instructions:

Place red snapper in shallow round microwavable baking dish. Combine lime juice, lemon juice and chili powder. Pour over snapper. Marinate 10 minutes, turning once or twice.

Sprinkle green onions, tomato and peppers over snapper. Cover dish loosely with vented plastic wrap. Microwave at High 6 minutes or just until snapper flakes in center, rotating dish every 2 minutes. Let stand, covered, 4 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 1/2 Meat, 1 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 144; Calories from Fat 12%; Total Fat 2g; Saturated Fat 1g; Protein 24g; Carbohydrates 7g; Cholesterol 42mg; Sodium 61mg; Dietary Fiber 2g.

Comments: Bursting with flavor, but low in total fat, saturated fat and sodium, this south-of-the border dish is a breeze to make.

Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-20-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"

Servings: 4






When the waitress puts the dinner on the table the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress
~ Gelett Burgess, 'Look Eleven Years Younger' (1937).


 

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