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The Recipe Instructions |
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Ingredients
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/4 cup toasted cashew pieces
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp canola oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 lb chicken breasts at least 1 1/2" thi
1 cup low-fat low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup dry white wine
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a blender or food processor, combine
the dates, cashews, honey, oil, and lemon juice until well mixed.
Cut a pocket in each chicken breast without cutting all the way through.
Spoon some of the stuffing into each breast.
Place the chicken breasts into a casserole dish. Add the broth and wine to
cover the chicken.
Cover the dish and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake until the chicken
is brown, about 10 minutes.
This recipe yields 6 servings. Serving size: 3 ounces.
Exchanges Per Serving: 4 Very Lean Meat, 1 Fruit, 1 Monounsaturated Fat.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 249; Calories from Fat 76; Total Fat 8g;
Saturated Fat 2g; Cholesterol 69mg; Sodium 79mg; Carbohydrate 16g;
Dietary Fiber 1g; Sugars 13g; Protein 27g.
Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-24-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2002"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 86 Calories; 2g Fat (26.3% calories
from fat); trace Protein; 14g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 2mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 0 Other
Carbohydrates.
NOTES : Recipe from "Robyn Webb's Memorable Menus Made Easy" by Robyn Webb,
MS, (© American Diabetes Association, 1997)
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: Robyn Webb, MS
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 6
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