Vegetable Subs from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Vegetable Subs Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

14 1/2 oz loaf Italian or French style bread, sliced in half
lengthwise with soft inside discarded
leaving 3/4" thick crusty shell intact
2 cups baby spinach leaves, washed, crisped
1 carrot - (4 oz), peeled, and
thinly sliced
1/2 cucumber - (4 oz), peeled, and
thinly sliced
2 cups cooked lentils
1/2 cup low-fat feta cheese, crumbled
= (or shredded part-skim mozzarella)
2 cups bean sprouts
1/2 tbsp low-fat Italian salad dressing

Recipe Instructions:

Line the bottom half of the bread with the spinach leaves; top with carrot and cucumber slices.

Spoon the lentils over the vegetables and top with the feta cheese. Arrange the bean sprouts over all. Place the second half on top and tightly wrap with plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Chill.

When ready to serve, carefully remove top bread half and evenly sprinkle on the Italian dressing. Replace the bread half, and slice off and discard the ends. Slice the remaining sub into 6 portions.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Very Lean Meat, 3 Carbohydrate (3 Bread/Starch).

Nutrition Facts: 279 calories (11% calories from fat), 15 g protein, 4 g total fat (1.3 g saturated fat), 48 g carbohydrate, 10 g dietary fiber, 5 mg cholesterol, 541 mg sodium.

Source:
"Diabetic Recipes at http://www.diabetic-recipes.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-06-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Diabetic-Lifestyle, 2001"

Servings: 6

“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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