Instant Potato Soup Recipe

1 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp low-calorie margarine
1/4 cup chopped white onion
1/2 cup leftover mashed potatoes
1/2 cup low-fat, low-sodium chicken - broth
2/3 cup nonfat milk
1/4 tsp white pepper
1 tsp dried chives

Combine the flour and margarine in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir
with a whisk to make smooth. Add the onions and stir for 1 minute.
Alternately add the potatoes and broth until thick and sticky. Slowly whisk
the milk into the mixture until smooth.

Reduce the heat and add the pepper and chives. Simmer for 5 minutes and
serve hot.

Exchanges: Carbohydrate Exchange -- 2&1/2 Fat Exchange -- 1&1/2 Calories --
272 Calories from Fat -- 101 Total Fat -- 11g Saturated Fat -- 5g
Cholesterol -- 18mg Sodium -- 532mg Carbohydrate -- 36g Dietary Fiber -- 3g
Sugars -- 13g Protein -- 11g

Recipe for Wednesday, 4/22/98

Wondering what to do with those leftover mashed potatoes? Fix this soup and
a quick salad, and you're ready to eat!

All recipes this week are from the cookbook Quick & Easy Diabetic Recipes
for One, featuring appetizing single-serving dishes along with helpful meal
planning, shopping, and food preparation tips for eating healthy on your
own.

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Copyright ? 1998 American Diabetes Association

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Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 1

Is this Instant Potato Soup Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Instant Potato Soup recipe is part of our category which lists diabetic Soup recipes. As we know nothing about your peculiar medical issues & the guidelines your doctors have given you, we we can`t confirm that Instant Potato Soup recipe is appropriate for you. Still, as someone labeled it as `diabetic` it hopefully suggests that it at least complies with the basic consideration for the tag `diabetic friendly`, being low in carbs and fat, and therefore, should be more healthy than the non-diabetic equivalent recipe. However, this Instant Potato Soup recipe should only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the nutritional contents are appropriate for you.

This Instant Potato Soup Recipe comes from our diabetic Soup recipes collection. It is completely out of the question for us to cook each of the diabetic Soup recipes to verify that all the recipes are completely safe for diabetics. Our diabetic recipe collection has over 2000 diabetes friendly recipes in it, and to cook them all at the rate of one per day would take nearly 6 years. It would be wise to analyse the nutritional content with care to confirm that they are compliant with the dietary guidelines your medical team has given you. In the event that you think that this Instant Potato Soup recipe is not appropriate, please contact us & we will withdraw the offending recipe from our collection.

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