Easy Thanksgiving Recipes

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3 Easy Diabetic Recipes For The Holidays

These 3 easy diabetic recipes are great for the holidays, but of course are just as delicious any time of the year.

Did you know that the Thanksgiving holiday dates all the way back to 1621? The celebration was at the Plymouth Plantation where the Pilgrims held a harvest feast to celebrate a successful growing season.

The feast lasted for three days, and there were 53 pilgrims and 93 native americans present. There were many types of food consumed, but of course the main course consisted of wild turkey.

With  that as a little background, here is your first recipe:

DIABETIC TURKEY – STUFFING  LOAF RECIPE

 

Ingredients:

4 tsp. margarine

2 sm. apples, pared & diced

1/2 c. each shredded carrot, diced onion, celery, green bell pepper

13 oz. ground turkey

4 slices bread, cubed

1/2 c. plain low fat yogurt

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 tsp. each poultry seasoning & salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  In non-stick skillet, heat margarine until hot. Add apples and vegetables and saute, stirring constantly until apples are soft. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.

Spray a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan with Pam, transfer turkey mixture to pan.  Bake until set, 35-40 minutes. Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes.  Invert on serving plate.  Or cook in microwave about 15 minutes.

Makes 4 servings.

Nutritive Note:  Serve size + 1/4 loaf.  330 calories; 33 g. cho; 27 g. pro; 594 mg. sodium; 201 mg. chol.

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DIABETIC  CRANBERRY  AND  ORANGE  SALAD RECIPE

 

Ingredients:

1 lb. fresh cranberries

1 med. orange, do not peel

1 med. apple, do not peel

1 lg. celery stalk

Grind the above ingredients together.

1 (3 oz.) box orange sugar free Jello 2 tbsp. Equal sweetener   Dissolve Jello in 3/4 cup boiling water; add 3/4 cup cold water.

Add ground fruit, celery, pineapple, sweetener.  Chill.

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GREAT DIABETICS  PUMPKIN  PIE RECIPE

 

Ingredients:

1 baked, cooked 9 inch pie shell

2 sm. pkgs. sugar free instantvanilla pudding c. milk

1 c. canned pumpkin

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1/4 tsp. nutmeg

1/4 tsp. ginger

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth.  Use plain canned pumpkin.  Do not use canned pumpkin pie mixture.

Pour into pie shell and chill until ready to serve.

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About the Author

Jim T. is a diabetic himself and owns a website that consists totally of free and easy diabetic recipes. Here is the site: http://diabeticrecipes.dynamicsolutions123.com

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