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Friday, July 10, 2009

[Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends] Italian Peasant's Sauce - 19g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber

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Peasant's Sauce

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals)
LowerCarbs Veggie

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 onion -- peeled and sliced
1 red bell pepper -- seeded and thinly sliced
1 green bell pepper -- seeded and thinly sliced
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
To serve: cooked pasta to serve 4 people
2 eggs -- beaten
freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Optional extras:
3 tablespoons frozen peas
3 tablespoons frozen corn
1/4 pound button mushrooms -- sliced or quartered
2 (to 3) tomatoes -- coarsely chopped
3 ounces chopped soy ham -- or crumbled soy sausage

Heat oil and saute onion for 2 minutes until soft but not brown.

Add peppers, and any of the optional extras you wish. Continue cooking gently 5-6 minute, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened.

Season, add pasta and eggs and toss well over the heat. Serve at once with black pepper and Parmesan cheese.

Makes 4 servings.

Every region of Italy has its own 'paesana' or peasant's sauce. They are all vegetable-based and easy to make. I use any vegetables I have on hand so that some days it resembles the recipe exactly and other days it is like another dish.

It's fun to use a mixture of egg, spinach, and tomato noodles or tagliatelle with this sauce. The rainbow effect is very attractive.

Cuisine:
"Italian"
Source:
"Quick After Work Pasta and Sauce Cookbook by Judy Ridgway"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"July 1997"
Copyright:
"1997"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 250 Calories; 15g Fat (52.1% calories from fat); 12g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 106mg Cholesterol; 428mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26541