Dilly Squash Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
3 cup sliced yellow squash
1 tsp minced onion
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried dillweed
1 tbsp dry butter substitute
Recipe Preparation
Arrange squash and onion in a vegetable steamer over boiling water.
Cover and steam 5 minutes or until tender.
Remove from heat, and mash squash mixture.
Add parsley, salt and dillweed; toss lightly.
Sprinkle with butter substitute, and serve warm. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional information per 1/2 cup serving: calories - 27,
protein - 1 gm., fat - trace, carbohydrates - 6 gm., cholesterol - 0
mg., sodium - 401 mg., fiber - 2 gm. Diabetic Food Exchanges:
Vegetable - 1.
FROM: The Complete Step-by-Step Diabetic Cookbook, from Oxmoor
House, copyright 1995. ISBN: 0-8487-1431-8. Formatted to MM by Trish
McKenna 11/19/95. Submitted By "LISA (POOH) CRAWFORD IN PERRINE,
FLORIDA" On SUN, 19 NOV 1995 234142 -0500
(EST)
Servings: 4
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