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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!
Nancy

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Surprise Clam Chowder

I have decided the diabetic recipes expect you to eat a very small portion. I doubled this recipe and it made around 5 servings. It was very good, but tasted salty. I think the next time I make it I will use garlic powder instead of salt.

4 Servings Prep: 10 min. Cook: 30 min.

Ingredients:

1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 cup water
1/2 cup diced peeled potato
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1/4 cup diced onion
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1 cup diced fully cooked ham
1 can (7-1/2 ounces) minced clams, undrained

Directions:

In a saucepan, combine the first seven ingredients. Cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add ham and clams; heat through.

Yield: 4 servings.


Diabetic Exchanges: One 1-cup serving (prepared with no-salt-added tomatoes and low-fat ham) equals 2 vegetable, 1 lean meat, 1/2 starch; also, 135 calories, 694 mg sodium, 35 mg cholesterol, 13 gm carbohydrate, 16 gm protein, 3 gm fat

Taste of Home's Down-Home Diabetic Cookbook
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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy SmileyCentral.com