Cheesy grits

 
                                Cheesy Grits
 
 Recipe By     : http://www.diabetes.org/ada/rcptoday.html
 Serving Size  : 2    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Diabetic                         American Diabetes Association
                 Breakfast & Brunch
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    2      cups          water
      1/2  cup           quick grits
      3/4  cup           shredded reduced-fat cheddar cheese
    1      tablespoon    reduced-fat margarine
    2      tablespoons   chopped green chiles -- or picante sauce
    1                    egg -- separated
      1/4  cup           skim milk
                         nonstick cooking spray
 
 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Bring water to boil in heavy sauce pan.  Stir in 
 grits.  Return to boil, then reduce heat, partially cover, and cook for 5 minut
 es.  Stir occasionally.
 
 Add cheese a little at a time until it melts.  Add margarine and chiles.  Stir 
 well.  Beat egg yolk with milk and stir into grits.
 
 Whip egg white until stiff and fold into grits.
 
 Pour into a 5 x 5-inch casserole dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.  Bak
 e 45 minutes until a knife inserted comes out clean.  Remove from oven and let 
 stand 5 minutes before cutting.
 
 2 servings/Serving size: 1 cup
 
 Exchanges: All breakfast menus this week have 350 calories total and include:
 
 2 Starch servings 1 Fruit serving 1 Skim Milk serving 1 Fat serving
 
 In some menus, one Meat serving has been used in place of either the Skim Milk 
 serving or one of the Starch servings.
 
 Recipe for Wednesday, 8/19/98
 
 This year, go back to school with a quick and delicious breakfast from the cook
 book Month of Meals Classic Cooking, one of our newest meal planning publicatio
 ns, featuring 28 days of entire breakfast, lunch and dinner menus with fat, cal
 orie and exchange information automatically figured for you.
 
 Breakfast: 1 cup Cheesy Grits 1/2 grapefruit
 
 MC formatted by Barb at Possum Kingdom using MC Buster & SNT on 8/23/98
 
 
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