Recipes with short preparation times and little or no heat are our favorite kind during these fleeting weeks of what we like to think of as "window weather" -- those days when no heat or air conditioning is needed to feel comfortable inside the house, just the temperate breeze through the open windows.
The following recipe fits that bill. It is from the forthcoming cookbook Love That! Brenda Novak's Every Occasion Cookbook by Brenda Novak with Jan Coad. The book will be available May 1 in digital format ($9.99) or print ($24.99) and features 75 recipes specifically tailored for diabetics and their families. Proceeds from the book will benefit the Diabetes Research Institute.
Sweet Stuffed Picnic Peppers
4 cups cooked shredded or chopped chicken; canned is OK too
1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 red bell peppers
8 leaves butter lettuce
Pickles or sliced radishes, for garnish
In a large bowl, combine the chicken, mayonnaise, celery, green onion and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
Cut the bell peppers in half from top to bottom. Remove core and seeds.
Place one lettuce leaf in each pepper half. Fill the lettuce-lined pepper with 1/2 cup chicken salad. Garnish with pickles or radish slice.
Makes 8 servings.
Nutrition information: Each serving (prepared with skinless, boneless chicken breast) contains approximately 160 calories, 23 g protein, 4 g fat, 8 g carbohydrate (4 g sugar), 65 mg cholesterol, 315 mg sodium and 2 g fiber.
Carbohydrate choices: 1/2.
Food on 04/22/2015