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Diabetes Quick Fix: Five-Spice Chicken with Chinese Noodles

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The pungent flavors of Chinese five-spice powder, rice vinegar, and soy sauce combine to create this sweet and savory chicken dinner.

Chinese five-spice powder is used in many Asian dishes and is a blend of cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise, and Szechwan peppercorns. It can be found in the spice section of the supermarket.

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Diabetes Quick Fix: Onion, Tomato, and Parmesan Frittata

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Enjoy this light, vegetarian frittata. You can use any vegetables you have on hand and use this recipe as a guide for amounts.

Frittatas and omelets are different things. A frittata is cooked very slowly over low heat making it firm and set, while an omelet is cooked fast over high heat making it creamy and runny. A frittata needs to be cooked...Read more

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Diabetes Quick Fix: Lemon Dill Salmon with Parsley Rice

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Lemon juice and fresh dill flavor this quick and easy salmon dinner. The salmon is baked in the oven and the rice is microwaved.

No extra pots to wash!

Helpful Hints:

A quick way to chop dill and parsley is to wash and dry the herbs and then snip the leaves right off the stem with a scissors.

Countdown:

Preheat oven to 425°F.

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Diabetes Quick Fix: Poulet au Tomates (Chicken with Tomatoes) with Nouilles Avec Parmesan (Egg Noodles with Parmesan)

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Enjoy this popular French bistro dish with fresh tomatoes, onions, and a touch of cream.

The secret to the dish is to cook the onions until they are golden and sweet. To speed their cooking, the onions are microwaved first, then sautéed.

Helpful Hints:

Plain egg noodles can be used instead of spinach egg noodles.

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Diabetes Quick Fix: Sloppy Joes

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Sloppy Joes, ground meat in tomato sauce served over bread has been an American favorite for over half a century.

There are many claims to the origins of Sloppy Joes, one of America’s favorite meals. My favorite story is that Sloppy Joe’s Restaurant in Key West took the Cuban stewed ground meat dish, Picadillo, which is traditionally served...Read more

 

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