Bean Enchilada Recipe

***SAUCE***
2 tsp olive oil
1/3 cup finely chopped onions
1/3 cup finely chopped green pepper
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 can tomato sauce, (salt-free optional) - (16-oz)
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp oregano
***FILLING***
2 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 green pepper, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 can kidney beans, mashed (16-oz)
1 cup canned or frozen corn, drained
8 whole-wheat flour tortillas
3 oz shredded low-fat cheddar cheese

To make sauce, saut? onions, green pepper, and garlic in oil. Cook until
tender, about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and add remaining sauce ingredients; set aside. For
filling, saut? onions, green pepper, and garlic for about 5 minutes.

Add mashed kidney beans, corn, and 1/2 cup sauce.

To assemble enchilada, spread 1/2 cup sauce on the bottom of a 6- by
10-inch baking pan. Spread 1/3 cup bean mixture onto each tortilla. Roll
up tightly and place tortillas in pan, seam side down.

Spoon remaining sauce over tortillas. Cover and bake in a 350-degree oven
for 30 minutes.

Uncover, sprinkle with cheese, and bake for 5 more minutes.

8 servings/Serving size: 1 enchilada

Exchanges: All dinner menus this week have about 550 calories and include:

2-3 Starch servings 1-3 Meat or Meat Substitute servings 1-3 Vegetable
servings 1 Fruit serving 1-2 Fat servings

Total Fat -- 20g Total Carbohydrate -- 45g Protein -- 33g

Some menus have 1 Skim Milk serving instead of 1 Meat, 1 Starch, or 1 Fruit
serving.

Copyright ? 1998 American Diabetes Association

Recipe for Wednesday, 7/22/98

All recipes this week are complete dinner menus from the cookbook Magic
Menus for People with Diabetes, featuring over 200 entire meals with fats,
calories and exchanges automatically figured for you.

You can order a copy of this and many other cookbooks from our online
bookstore or call 1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733).

Dinner:

1 Bean Enchilada

1 cup steamed broccoli

2/3 cup cooked brown rice

MC formatted by Barb at Possum Kingdom using MC Buster 2.0f & SNT on
7/27/98





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Contributor: http://www.diabetes.org/ada/rcptoday.html

Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 8

Is this Bean Enchilada Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Bean Enchilada recipe is part of our category covering diabetic Bean recipes. Because we don`t know your particular medical problems and the guidelines your doctor has given to you, we really cannot say for certain that this Bean Enchilada recipe is suitable for you. For all that, as the recipe author marked it as `diabetic` it indicates that it at least covers the minimum condition for the tag `diabetic`, being low in carbohydrates and fat, and so should be better for your health than a normal recipe. However, this Bean Enchilada recipe must only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the ingredients are appropriate for you.

This Bean Enchilada Recipe is part of the diabetic Bean recipes section. Obviously, it would be unfeasible for us to cook every one of the diabetic Bean recipes to make certain that all the recipes are totally acceptable for people with diabetes. There are over two thousand diabetes friendly recipes in it, & to check them all even at a rate of one recipe per day would occupy us for 6 years. Our advice is to analyse the recipe ingredients to make sure that they agree with the nutritional advice your medical team has given you. If you feel that this Bean Enchilada recipe is not safe for sufferers of diabetes, then please send us an e-mail & we will modify or remove the offending recipe from our diabetes friendly recipe collection.

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