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Title: Cilantro Salsa
Categories: Diabetic
Yield: 4 Servings

2 Tomatoes; diced
1 sm Cucumber; peeled and chopped
1 sm Red onion; diced
1/2 c Chopped fresh cilantro
-leaves
1 ts Grated lime peel
1 sm Green pepper; diced
1 ds Hot sauce; up to 2
Salt and pepper; to taste

Blend all ingredients to desired chunkiness and chill overnight.

Exchanges: All dinner menus this week have about 550 calories total and
include:

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

Total Fat -- 20g Total Carbohydrate -- 45g Protein -- 33g

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

Recipe for Friday, 5/1/98

Notes: This week we are featuring complete dinner 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).

Dinner: 2 Black Bean Cakes with 1/2 cup Cilantro Salsa and 2 Tbsp low-fat
sour cream 1/2 cup frozen yogurt

Copyright © 1998 American Diabetes Association

MC formatted using MC Buster 2.0f & SNT on 5/6/98

Notes: 4 servings/Serving size: 1/2 cup

Recipe by: http://www.diabetes.org/recipes

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Barb at PK on May 5, 1998