Eggplant Dip Recipe

pEMEggplant Dip Recipe from the diabetic recipe collection at InformationAboutDiabetes.com/emIngredients: /pP1 medium Eggplant3 medium Green onions, finely chopped1 large Tomato, peeled chopped1 small Clove garlic, finely chopped1/2 Stalk celery, finely chopped1 tbsp Fresh lemon juice/vinegar1 tbsp Vegetable oil1/2 tsp Salt1/4 tsp Freshly ground pepper/pPreparation: PEggplant dip is popular in many Mediterranean countries. In the Westit is often called poor man's caviar. It's good with raw vegetabledippers or on crisp Melba toast.Prick whole eggplant in several places with a fork. Place in abaking pan and bake in 400 F oven for 30 minutes. Cool, peel andchop finely. (A blender or food processor can be used but avoidoverprocessing. Dip is best when it has some crunch.)Combine eggplant, onions, tomato, garlic and celery. Add lemon juice,vegetable oil, salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover tightly andrefrigerate for several hours to blend flavors.2 tb - 17 calories, 2 g carbohydrate, 1 g fat, 1++extra (freeexchange)Source: Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Assoc. 1986 Shared but nottested by Elizabeth Rodier, Dec 93.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Preparation Time: 0:00 /pPSTRONGServes: 16 /strong/pEggplant Dip Recipe provided for you by InformationAboutDiabetes.comH2Is this Eggplant Dip Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?/h2PThis Eggplant Dip recipe is one of our collection of tasty diabetic Dips recipes. Because we don`t know your individual medical concerns and the advice your health advisors have offered you, we cannot say with certainty that this Eggplant Dip recipe is appropriate for you. Even taking that into consideration, as someone designated it as `diabetic` it should indicate that it, if nothing else, matches the minimum consideration for the tag `diabetic`, being low in carbs and fat, and consequently should be better for your health than a normal recipe. Even taking that into consideration, this Eggplant Dip recipe must only be used if you understand your own condition and are happy that the nutritional contents are suitable for you. /pSTRONGEggplant Dip Recipe - Important Disclaimer/strongPThis Eggplant Dip Recipe comes from the STRONGdiabetic Dips recipes/strong collection. It would be unfeasible for us to validate each of the EMdiabetic Dips recipes/em to verify that they are all completely adapted for diabetics. There are more than 2000 individual recipes in the collection, and to validate every one of them at the rate of 7 recipes per week would occupy us for nearly 72 months. We strongly advise you to read the recipe content with due care to ensure that all of them are compliant with the nutritional guidelines your doctors have offered you. In the event that you feel that this Eggplant Dip recipe is not appropriate, tell us we will change or remove it from the diabetes friendly recipe collection. /p

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