Calico Potato Salad Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 tsp salt, optional dash hot pepper sauc, e salad:
4 large red potatoes (about 2 pounds), peel, ed and cooke
1 1/2 cup cooked whole kernel corn
1 cup shredded carrot
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup diced sweet red pepper
1/2 cup sliced pitted ripe olives
Recipe Preparation
This tasty dish uses less sugar, salt and fat. Recipe inclndes
Diabetic Exchanges.
In a small bowl or jar, combine all dressing ingredients; cover and
chill. Cube potatoes; combine with corn, carrot, onion, peppers and
olives in a salad bowl. Pour dressing over; toss lightly. Cover and
chill. Yield: 14 servings. Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (without
added salt) equals 1-1/2 fat, 1 starch; also, 146 calories, 212 mg
sodium, 0 cholesterol, 17 gm carbohydrate, 2 gm protein, 9 gm fat.
From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994
Servings: 1
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Food Tips of the Week
Dieting tipsIn deciding on a meal plan, it is essential to also make sure you cut down your ingestion of refined carbohydrate, fat and salt.
Some lower carbohydrate diet guidlines:
* Eat regular meals Most low carbohydrate recipes are, rather obviously, low in carbs. Your body requires energy, and carbs are a rapid acting source of energy. A low carb diet needs more care in monitoring you energy intake, as the energy provided by non-carbohydrate sources is far slower to act.
The brassica family, Healthy super foods that also help with your Your diet
(examples: Kale, Watercress, Tatsoi and Rutabaga)
Altthough not always popular with children, these vegetables are full of vitamins (eg.folate and vitamin c), minerals (eg. potassium), fibre, chlorophyll, antioxidents and isothiocyanates.
In addition to their most other healthy effects, the nutrients in these are thought to reduce the risk of cancer.
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