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.



“In America we eat, collectively, with a glum urge for food to fill us. We are ignorant of flavour. We are as a nation taste-blind.”
~ a nation taste-blind.” M.F.K. Fisher


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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






“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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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.