Diabetic Info On Usa Food Exchanges

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List 1: Starch/Bread Exchange. Each item in this list contains
approzimately 15 grams of carbohydate, 3 grams of protein, a trace of
fat, and 80 calories. You can choose your Strach Exchanges from any
items on this list. If you want to eat a Strach food that is not on
this on this list...the general rule is that:

1/2 cup of cereal, grain, or pasta is one serving. 1 ounce of a bread
product is one serving. (about 1 slice)

List 2: Meat Exchanges. Each serving of meat and substitutes on
this contains about 7 grams protein. The amount of fat and number of
calories vary, depending on what kind of meat or substitute you
choose. There is 3 parts based on the amount of fat & calories. LEAN
MEAT, MEDIUM-FAT MEAT, & HIGH-FAT MEAT.
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MEAT CAR: 0 PROTEIN 7g FAT: 3g CALORIES: 55 MEDIUM-FAT MEAT
CAR: 0 PROTEIN 7g FAT: 5g CALORIES: 75 HIGH-FAT MEAT: CAR: 0 PROTEIN
7g FAT: 8g CALORIES: 100
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3: Vegetable Exchange: List contains about 5 grams of carbohydrate, 2
grams protein, and about 25 calories: Unless other wise noted, the
serving size for vegetables (1 Vegetable Exchange) is:

1/2 cup of cooked vegetables or vegetable juice. -=OR=-
1 cup of raw vegetables.

List 4: Fruit Exchanges: List contains about 15 grams of
carbohydarate and about 60 calories.

1/2 cup of fresh fruit or fruit juice -=OR=-
1/4 cup of dried fruit.

List 5: Milk Exchange: Each serving of milk or milk products on this
list contains about 12 grams of carbohydrate and 8 grams of protein.
List is divided into 3 parts based on the amount of fat and calories:
skim/very low-fat milk milk, low-fat milk and whole milk.
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Skim/very low-fat CAR: 12g PROTEIN: 8 FAT: TRACE CALORIES: 90
(This is like a skim milk or any other skim/very low-fat) Low-fat
CAR: 12g PROTEIN: 8 FAT: 5 CALORIES: 120 (This is like a 2% milk)
Whole CAR: 12 PROTEIN: 8 FAT: 8 CALORIES: 150 (This is like plain old
whole milk) =======================================================
============== = List 6: Fat Exchanges: Fat list contains about 5
grams of fat and 45 calories. The foods in the fat list contain
mostly fat, although some item may also contain a small amount of
protein. All fats are in calories and should be carefully measured.
We all should eat unsaturated fats instead of saturated fats.

Free foods: A free food is any food or drink that contains a fewer
than 20 calories per serving. You can eat as much as you want of
those items that have no serving size specified. You may eat two or
three servings per day of those items that have a specific serving
size. Be sure to spread them out through the day.

Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbott
Hess,R.D.,M.S and Katharine Middleton Brought to you and yours via
Nancy O Brion and her Meal-Master

 

 
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Diabetic Kid s Snackin Corn
Pop the corn. This recipe is calculated on corn popped in an air type popper without added fat for fewer calories. Over low heat melt the butter or margarine with peanut butter until runny. Drizzle over the popcorn and mix well. Spread in shallow baking pans and bake in a 3 (Upload by user)

Diabetic Meat Filled Dumplings
Mix flour and water. Add more water a teaspoon at a time until dough cleans bowl. Turn it out on a floured board; knead smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap, and set aside for 20 minutes. Brown and drain ground beef of all fat. Wash and dry fresh spinach, or dry frozen spinach. Combine (Upload by user)

Dilled Asparagus
Place drained asparagus spears in a flat casserole dish with a cover. Mix olive oil, pickle liquid, pickles, and garlic; pour over the asparagus. cover and let marinate for at least 1 hour before serving; drain. Serve on lettuce. Food Exchanges per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCH (Upload by user)

Diabetic Miracle Rise Chocolate Cake
Directions: Spray a 9 in tube or Bundt pan. In a large mixer bowl, soften yeast in warm water. Add egg substitute, milk, oil and Sweet*10. Beat 2 minutes at high speed. Add cocoa, dry ingredients, vanilla and food coloring. Blend at low speed; beat 3 minutes at medium speed. Po (Upload by user)

Diabetic Mocha Cookies
Cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. add vanilla and sugar substitute to creamed mixture and mix lightly. Stir together flour, cocoa, coffee and baking powder to blend. Add to creamed mixture and mix at meidum speed 1 2 minutes or until blended. add raisins (Upload by user)

Diabetic Peanut Butter Cookies
My note: tested using 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour. YUM! These are large cookies, 2 tsp sugar per cookie. Preheat oven to 350 F. Cream together the peanut butter and vegetable oil in a bowl. Add brown sugar, vanilla, and egg. Beat well. Add flour (reserve 1/4 (Upload by user)

Diabetic Popovers
Sift flour and salt together; set aside. Beat eggs and skim milk; add to flour. Beat until smooth and creamy. Pour into heated greased muffin tins, filling half full or less. Bake at 375F for 50 minutes, or until popovers are golden brown and sound hollow. DO NOT OPEN OVEN FOR F (Upload by user)

Diabetic Refrigerator Cookies
Cream butter, egg and vanilla until mixed and fluffy. Beat in dry ingredients gradually mixing well after each addition. Mix in dates, coconut and 1/ c of the nuts. Form dough into two 1 1/2 inch logs. Roll logs into remaining nuts (1/4 c each). Wrap in waxed paper and chill (o (Upload by user)

Diabetic Smunchies
SPREAD ONE GRAHAM CRACKER WITH SUGAR FREE CHOCOLATE PUDDING THAT HAS BEEN MADE UP, THEN TOP WITH THINLY SLICE BANANA. PUT OTHER GRAHAM CRACKER ON TOP. WRAP AND FREEZE. WHEN THAWED IT IS GOOEY. Exchanges: 1 starch. When making be sure to break each long graham cracker in half. (Upload by user)

Diabetic Strawberry Banana Milkshake
Place all ingredients in a blender and run the blender on the highest setting. The shake will take longer in the blender than most people will expect because of the frozen strawberries. However, the frozen berries along with the banana provide the smooth thickness of this drink. (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Sweetener Sugar Equivalents
Sprinkle sweet and Sugar twin_ 1 tsp for 1 tsp sugar. Sweet n low 1/3 tsp for 1 tablespoon sugar. Liquid Sucaryl 1 tablespoon for 1/2 cup sugar. Adolph s Sugar Substitute 1/4 tsp for 1 tablespoon of sugar. Liquid Sweet 10 1 tablepsoon for 3/4 cup sugar, 4 tsp for 1 cup sugar. (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Sweetner Sugar Equivalents
Sprinkle sweet and Sugar twin_ 1 tsp for 1 tsp sugar. Sweet n low 1/3 tsp for 1 tablespoon sugar. Liquid Sucaryl 1 tablespoon for 1/2 cup sugar. Adolph s Sugar Substitute 1/4 tsp for 1 tablespoon of sugar. Liquid Sweet 10 1 tablepsoon for 3/4 cup sugar, 4 tsp for 1 cup sugar. (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Thanksgiving Cheesecake
Seen this in a magazine today.. Have never tried Diabetic Thanksgiving Cheesecake (3537) Dissolve gelatin in 1 c warm water. Set aside to cool. Mix together 6 pkg sweet/low and graham cracker crumbs. Add melted margarine. Press 2 c of crumb mixture firml;y into 9 x 13 (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Washington s Cherry Pie
Drain cherries; pout into unbaked pie shell. Cream margarine, flour, and sugar replacement. Add egg yolks and beat until smooth. Add evaporated milk and vanilla extract. Pour over cherries. Bake at 450F for 10 minutes. Reduce heat. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes. Whip egg whites u (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Wheat n Fruit Cookies Sugar Free
Cream the butter, egg and vanilla together in a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, baking powder and salt. Add the flour mixture a little at a time, to the creamed mixture, beating after each addition. In a medium bowl, combine the coconut, dates (Upload by user)
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Diabetic Yellow Cake Fluffy Frosting
YELLOW CAKE:Place dry ingredients in mixer bowl and mix at low speed to blend well. Combine 3/4 cup water, oil, sweetener,vanilla and egg substitute and mix with fork to blend. Add margarine to flour mixture along with liquid mixture and mix with a spoon only until well blended. (Upload by user)
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