Fiesta Rice Recipe

2 1/2 cup cooked brown rice
3/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese
1 cup grated reduced-fat cheddar cheese
1 2 ounces jar pimentos, drained and chopped
1/2 cup skim, or 1% milk
1 large tomato, peeled and diced
1 dash paprika
nonstick vegetable cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese and all other ingredients except paprika.
Stir until well mixed.

Spray casserole with vegetable spray.

Pour in mixture; top with remaining cheddar cheese and sprinkle well with
paprika.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

Exchanges: All lunch menus this week have about 450 calories total and
include:

2-3 Starch servings 1-2 Meat or Meat Substitute servings 0-2 Vegetable
servings 1 Fruit serving 1 Fat serving

Total Fat -- 15g Total Carbohydrate -- 50g Protein -- 22g

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

Recipe for Thursday, 3/5/98 This week we are featuring complete lunch menus
and accompanying recipes from the cookbook Magic Menus for People with
Diabetes, a calorie-controlled collection of the "best of" the
award-winning Month of Meals series of menu planners. 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).

Lunch: 1 serving Fiesta Rice 1/2 cup green beans 3 medium prunes Tossed
salad 1 Tbsp creamy ranch dressing

Copyright ? 1998 American Diabetes Association

MC Fortmatted and MC Busted by Barb at PK <abprice@wf.net>

NOTES : 4 servings/Serving size: 1 cup

Posted to RecipeLu List by "abprice@wf.net" <abprice@wf.net> on Mar 12,
1998.





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Contributor: American Diabetes Association

Preparation Time: 0:20

Serves: 1

Is this Fiesta Rice Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Fiesta Rice recipe is part of our collection of diabetic Rice recipes. As we know nothing about your individual medical issues & the advice your doctors have given to you, we are unable to say with certainty that this Fiesta Rice recipe is appropriate for you. For all that, because somebody marked it as `diabetic` it hopefully suggests that it at least complies with the basic consideration for the tag `diabetic friendly`, being low in carbohydrates and fat, and so should be better for you than the non-diabetic equivalent. Even taking that into consideration, this Fiesta Rice recipe must only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the recipe ingredients are suitable for you.

This Fiesta Rice Recipe is one from the diabetic Rice recipes section. Sadly it is completely out of the question for us to hand check each of the diabetic Rice recipes to certify that all of them are 100% adapted for people with diabetes. Our diabetic recipe collection has over 2000 individual recipes in the collection, and to cook them all even at one every 24 hours would take far too long. Our advice is to read the recipe ingredients with due care to confirm that all the recipes are compatible with the nutritional guidelines your medical team has offered you. In the event that you think that this Fiesta Rice recipe is unsuitable for diabetics, let us know and we will withdraw the recipe concerned from our diabetes friendly recipe collection.

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