Title: Canned Foods For Special Diets
Categories: Canning, Information
Yield: 1 servings

The cost of commercially canned special diet food often prompts interest
in preparing these products at home. Some low-sugar and low-salt foods
may be easily and safely canned at home. However the color, flavor and
texture of these foods may be different than expected and be less
acceptable.

CANNING WITHOUT SUGAR

In canning regular fruits without sugar, it is very important to select
fully ripe but firm fruits of the best quality. Prepare these as
described for hot-packs for each fruit, but use water or regular
unsweetened fruit juices instead of sugar syrup. (For more information
see additional publications for individual fruits.) Juice made from the
fruit being canned is best. Blends of unsweetened apple, pineapple, and
white grape juice are also good for filling over solid fruit pieces.
Adjust headspaces and lids and use the processing recommendations given
for regular fruits. Add sugar substitutes, if desired, when serving.

CANNING WITHOUT SALT (REDUCED SODIUM)

To can tomatoes, vegetables, meats, poultry, and seafood, follow the
normal procedures for canning, but omit the salt. In these products,
salt seasons the food but is not necessary to ensure its safety. Add
salt substitutes, if desired, when serving.

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* USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994)

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Tzimmis with Apples

Recipe By : My files
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Apples Jewish
Low-Fat Vegetables
Low-Cal

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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4 cups carrots — grated
3/4 cup apples — grated
1/2 cup apple juice — or water
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon oats — or barley

Combine and cook over very low heat till soft.

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Title: Rich Coconut Pie
Categories: Desserts, Pies
Yield: 1 pie

1 Pie crust
1/4 c Butter, softened
1 c Superfine sugar
2 Eggs
2 T Flour
1/2 c Milk
1/4 t Almond extract
2 c Finely grated coconut

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make a pastry as directed and fit into
a 9″ piepan, making a high fluted edge; do not bake. Cream butter
and sugar until light, beat in eggs, one at a time. Sprinkle in
flour and blend until smooth. Mix in remaining ingredients and spoon
into pastry shell. Bake 45 minutes until browned and springy to the
touch. Cool on wire rack and serve at room temperature.

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Popularity: 2% [?]

COCONUT-MOLASSES MUFFINS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads Quick

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 c AM Whole Wheat Flour
2 ts Non-alum baking powder
1/2 ts Sea salt (optional)
1/2 ts Ginger
1 c Flaked unsweetened coconut
1/4 c AM Unrefined Vegetable Oil
1 Egg or egg replacer
2/3 c Buttermilk
1/2 c Unsulphured molasses
-OR- honey
1 t Pure vanilla

In mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder,
salt, ginger and coconut. Mix liquid ingredients and
add to the dry mixture until moistened. Fill
well-greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake at 350 F. for
20-25 minutes.

(Yield: 24 small or 12 large muffins)

Source: Arrowhead Mills “Whole Grain Muffins” tri-fold
Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc.
Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias

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Title: DIP IN SOUR DOUGH
Categories: Dips
Yield: 8 servings

1 pk Leek or vegetable soupmix
1 pk Chopped spinach, frozen
2 c Sour cream
1 c Mayonnaise
1 lg Garlic clove, minced
1 cn Water chestnuts, chopped
1 lg Sour dough loaf, round

Combine all ingredients, except bread, together.
Carefully scoop out a large hollow through the top of
the sourdough and fill with the dip mixture. Cover
loaf with aluminum foil and refrigerate at least 2
hours. Cube the bread taken from the centre of the
loaf and serve with the dip.

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Popularity: 16% [?]

Title: Conejo Guisado Con Coconut (Rabbit Stew with Coconut Crea
Categories: Colombia, Game, Rabbit, Ceideburg 2
Yield: 4 servings

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This recipe comes from Colombia in South America. Rabbit meat is
very low in fat and can be dry tasting, so it marries well with
coconut cream. It is best to cook the rabbit gently till it is
falling off the bone.

Chop a rabbit into serving pieces. Chop finely one large onion and 2
cloves of garlic. Seed and slice a large green capsicum, half a
large red capsicum and finely slice 3 birdseye chillies (decrease the
quantity and discard the seeds if you can’t cope with too much chilli
heat). Peel and chop a large tomato and have ready 400 ml strong
veal or chicken stock and 150 ml coconut cream.

Heat a little oil in a frying pan and brown the rabbit pieces.
Transfer them to a large saucepan. In the remaining oil in the
frying pan, saute the onions, capsicums and chillies. Add to the
saucepan with the tomato, salt and pepper to taste, and the stock.
Bring just to simmering point, cover and cook very gently for about 2
hours or even more. Lift the rabbit pieces out onto a dish and turn
the heat up high under the saucepan. Reduce the liquid in the
saucepan by about half.

Lower the heat and stir in the coconut cream. Return the rabbit
pieces and cook gently, stirring, for a few minutes. Serve with rice.

(Serves 4)

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; October 29 1992.

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Popularity: 3% [?]

Title: SESAME CHICKEN RICE SALAD
Categories: Poultry, Grains, Salads
Yield: 1 servings

3/4 c Wild rice
1 1/2 c Water
2 c Fresh pea pods or one
6 oz Package frozen pea pods
2 c Diced cooked COUNTRY PRIDE
-Chicken
-(about 3/4 pound uncooked,
-skinless,
-and boneless Chicken
-breasts or Chicken
-Tenders)
1 11-ounce can mandarin
-orange sections, drained
1/2 c Sliced water chestnuts,
-halved
1/4 c Red wine vinegar or
-vinegar
1 tb Sesame oil
1 tb Salad oil
1/4 ts Ground red pepper
3/16 ts Garlic powder

Run cold water over rice in a strainer about I minute,
lifting rice to rinse well. In a medium saucepan bring
rice and water to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer,
covered, 40 to 50 minutes or until done. Drain. Rinse
with cold water. Drain again.

In a mixing bowl toss together rice, pea pods,
chicken, orange sections, and water chestnuts. Cover;
chill rice mixture for 6 hours or overnight.

In a screw-top jar combine vinegar, oils, red pepper,
garlic powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cover; chill at
least 6 hours or overnight. Transport the vinegar and
oil mixture and the rice mixture separately in an
insulated cooler with an ice pack. At picnic, shake
vinegar and oil mixture well. Pour over rice mixture;
toss. Makes 6 main-dish servings.

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb
1994

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Popularity: 3% [?]

GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH MINT

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Salads Beans

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/2 lb Fresh green beans
3/4 c Extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 c Fresh mint leaves
1/4 c White wine vinegar
1/2 ts Salt
1 Clove garlic
1/4 ts Freshly ground black pepper
1 c Toasted walnuts (see NOTE)*
1 c Chopped red onion
1 c Crumbled feta cheese

*NOTE Place walnuts on cookie sheet or in shallow pan
and broil in oven until browned and aromatic, 5 to 10
minutes, stirring and turning once or twice.

Wash beans and trim ends; cut into thirds. Parboil
by dropping into boiling water 5 minutes. Drain and
plunge into ice water 5 minutes; drain and chill.
combine oil, mint leaves, vinegar, salt, garlic and
pepper in food processor or blender and process 20
seconds; set aside. Place beans in large glass bowl
and top with toasted walnuts, red onion and feta. Pour
dressing over salad and toss. Best if made 2 hours
ahead of time and or the day before to develop flavors.

From: FoodSection Houston Chronicle Best Recipe’s ’93

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MEE KROB (THAI CRISP FRIED NOODLES)

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pasta

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 bn Rice vermicelli, about 8
-ounces
Oil for deep frying
1 lg Onion, finely chopped
5 Garlic cloves, finely
-chopped
1/2 lb Pork fillet, sliced and cut
-into 1″ long pieces
1 Whole chicken breast,
-boned, sliced and cut into
-1″ pieces.
6 Dried Chinese mushrooms
-(shiitake), soaked and
-finely sliced.
2 sm Fresh chilies, seeded and
-finely sliced.
3 tb Soy sauce.
Juice from 2 limes.
2 tb Rice vinegar.
4 Or 5 tablespoons sugar,
-granulated, brown or palm.
3 tb Fish sauce.
3 tb Small shrimp++cooked or raw.
4 Eggs, beaten.
Handful of bean sprouts
6 Green onions, finely
-chopped.
4 tb Fresh cilantro, chopped
2 Green onions, cut for
-decoration.

Optional stuff: crab meat, bean curd, dried shrimp

Tear noodles into handful bunches (inside a large shopping bag to
avoid a mess). Heat oil and fry the noodles until they puff up.
Flip over for a few seconds. Do this by bunches and drain in bag.
Pour off oil, leaving 6 tablespoons in wok. Fry the onions and
garlic lightly.

Add pork and cook it through. Add chicken and fry until it turns
white. Put in mushrooms and chilies and reduce heat. In a bowl,
combine soy sauce, lime juice, vinegar, sugar and fish sauce. Add to
wok and simmer until liquid is reduced by half and starting to turn
syrupy. Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute. Push contents of wok to
the sides and pour beaten eggs into center of wok. Let set for a
minute then stir and add the bean sprouts and drained noodles. Toss
LIGHTLY (the noodles are fragile) to mix ingredients and then let
heat through. Transfer to serving platter and garnish with cilantro
and green onions.

NOTE: Rice vermicelli are also known as rice sticks or cellophane
noodles depending on where you find them. All the Asian cuisines
that I’ve encountered have some variation of them. Use the thinnest
you can find. Other kinds of noodles won’t work. When they hit the
hot oil, they kinda go “whooosh” and double or triple in size and
turn a milky white. Kids really like to watch the process. The oil
MUST be fresh and hot (375F to 400F) or the centers may be tough.

This recipe makes enough for 6-8 people. I’d recommend halving it
for less than that. It’s a sweet/sour dish with the emphasis on the
sweet. Very tasty and rich.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; September 28 1992.

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Title: Pasta and Bean Soup
Categories: Soups/stews, Vegetables, Pasta, Beans
Yield: 5 servings

1/2 c Elbow macaroni,shells, etc 15 oz Can Chick Peas, drained *
2 tb Safflower oil 16 oz Can Kidney beans,
drained *
1 x Med Onion, chopped 3/4 ts Black pepper
1 x Clove Garlic, minced 1/2 ts Summer savory
1/2 x Green Bell Pepper, chopped 1/2 ts Thyme leaves
3 c Vegetable stock or water 1 ds Cayenne Pepper
6 oz Can Tomato Paste (2/3 cup)

* rinsed well, then drained
GARNISH: grated Parmesan cheese, optional
Cook pasta in boiling water for about 6 minutes, until al dente.
While pasta is cooking, in Dutch oven or 4-5 qt saucepan, heat oil. Stir
in onion, garlic, and green pepper. Saute till tender. Stir in remaining
ingredients except macaroni. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. When pasta is
done, drain well. Stir into other ingredients. Heat. Garnish if desired.
Variations: – substitute or add other vegetables such as chopped sweet red
shredded carrot to sauteed veggies; substitute 1 t basil and 1 t oregano
for savory, thyme, and cayenne pepper.

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