Sample Recipe

Beef Stroganoff (Ref.5):

I took on this recipe as one of my first challenges to meet both calorie and G.E. constraints. It worked out on paper, but would it play to the diabetic gourmet?  I tried it out once, twice, and now several times, and always it met the criteria of taste and diabetic performance. It is truly a wonderful dish just like the original.
Ingredients: Original Modified
     Steak, sirloin or tenderloin 1 lb. 1 lb.
     Flour, all purpose 2 Tbsp. 2 Tbsp.
     Sour cream 8 oz. 2 oz.
     Cottage cheese, creamed -- 2 oz.
     Water 1/2 cup 1/2 cup
     Margarine 2 Tbsp. 2 Tbsp.
     Beef bouillon granules 2 tsp. 2 tsp.
     Mushrooms, fresh sliced 1 1/2 cups 1 1/2 cups
     Salt 1/4 tsp. 1/4 tsp.
     Garlic, minced 1 tsp. 1 tsp.
     Pepper, black 1/4 tsp. 1/4 tsp.
     With hot noodles or rice 1/2 cup 1/2 cup

Partly freeze beef. Thinly slice across grain into bite-size strips. Combine flour, pureed cottage cheese and 5 ounces of water. Stir in bouillon, sour cream, 1/2 cup water, salt and pepper. Set aside.

In a large skillet, stir half of meat in margarine on high heat until done. Remove. Add rest of meat, mushrooms, onions and garlic. Cook and stir till meat is done and onions are tender. Return all meat to skillet. Add sour cream-cottage cheese mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat until bubbly. Cook on reduced heat with stirring for 5 minutes more. Serve over rice or noodles.

Nutritional Data :
Wt. 
(g) 
Cal		 Prot. 
(g) 		 Fat 
(g) 		 CHO 
(g) 		 Sugars 
(g) 		 G.E. 
(g) 		 Fiber 
(g)		 Na 
(mg)		 Chol 
(mg) 

Total, without rice
Original 1040 1997 96.6 148.0 35.4 17.6 13.1 1.4 3027 414
Modified 1093 1575 98.6 114.5 28.5 11.1 6.7 1.4 3162 346

Per 1 Portion of 8, each of 1 1/2 diabetic servings 
Original 130 236 12.1 18.5 4.4 2.2 1.6 0.2 378 52
Modified 137 197 12.3 14.3 3.6 1.4 0.8 0.2 395 43
The 1 1/2 diabetic servings would consist of 1 meat and 1/2 of a mixed serving of dairy and vegetable. A half cup of rice would add a third serving, this one of grain.
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