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Title: Pocket Sandwiches with Shaved Meat (Mayo)
Categories: 2send, Sandwiches, Meat
Yield: 2 servings

1 lg Pita bread
2 oz Shaved turkey
2 tb Diced red onion; or thinly
-sliced
1 tb Diced green bell pepper; or
-thinly sliced
1/2 c Shredded lettuce
1/4 c Chopped tomato; or sliced
Alfalfa sprouts
2 tb Fat-free salad dressing

Cut large pita round in half. Tuck in meat of choice, red onion, green
pepper, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato and top with alfalfa sprouts.
Spoon on fat-free dressing. Yield: 2 servings.

Variations: Lean or extra lean cold cuts: chicken, roast beef or roast
pork; shaved.

Mayo reduced the fat and calories by: 1) halving the amount of meat but
doubling it's volume by used shaved or thinly sliced cold cuts. 2) halving
the amount of dressing, and 3) substituting a non-fat version of a food:
compare 99 cal (11g fat) for mayonnaise; 50 cal (5g fat) for lowfat
mayonnaise; and 10 cal (0g fat) for fat-free mayonnaise.

Nutritional Analysis Original 290 cals and 15g fat. Modified 125 cals, 1g
fat. From 47% cff to 7% cff. Diabetic exchanges: 2 meat and 1 starch

Sent in by kitpath@earthlink.net 4/16/99

Recipe by: www.mayohealth.org/mayo/

Posted to EAT-LF Digest by PatHanneman on Apr 18,
1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.