How to Make Shrimp and Spinach Risotto (and it's diabetic friendly, too.)

Here is a Shrimp and Spinach Risotto recipe that is easy and tasty.  You can also serve it to the diabetics among your family or friends eliminating the need to make something especially for them.  Cooked in healthy reduced sodium chicken broth, this risotto is full of good-for-you ingredients such as fresh mushrooms, baby spinach, arborio rice, shrimp, etc.  This skillet meal is table ready in less than 30 minutes making it a good choice for busy days.  While the risotto cooks, brown some rolls and slice some garden fresh tomatoes, when possible, and you have a great meal in no time.

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Pork Chops With Tomato Rice, Homemade Salad Dressing and a Bundt Cake All Diabetic Friendly

It's time to bring out the economical family recipes to help struggling families with their food budgets.  Here is a menu that will allow you to feed your family without busting your food budget.  We start with Pork Chops with Tomato-Rice.  In this one dish you have your meat, grain, and a vegetable.  Add Homemade Russian Salad Dressing to salad greens with a shredded carrot, and finish off your meal with a dessert of Applesauce-Raisin-Cinnamon bundt cake which adds fruit to your menu.  There you have it--an easy, tasty, economical meal for your family.  And the whole menu is diabetic friendly.

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Easy Chicken Recipe: Chicken Pies with Rice Crusts (And it is Diabetic friendly!)

Chicken is economical, easy to prepare, and healthy, making it one of the most often prepared items in our kitchens.   If you are tired of serving chicken the same old ways, check out this recipe for a new idea in your family meal planning.  This recipe for Chicken Pies in a Rice Crust is a great way to serve chicken.

CHICKEN PIES WITH A RICE CRUST
Rice Crust:
1 cup raw brown Basmati rice
2 cups chicken stock
1/3 cup chopped pecans or almonds
2 tbsp chopped chives or green onion tops, finely chopped
2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
Salt and pepper to taste
2 egg whites
Wash rice.  In a large saucepan with a lid, bring the chicken stock to a boil.  Stir rice into boiling stock and bring back to a boil.  Lower heat to simmer, add lid to pan and cook 45 minutes, until rice is tender and stock is absorbed.  Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Cool rice to lukewarm and add pecans, chives, sesame seeds, salt, pepper, and egg whites.  Pat onto the bottom and sides of 4 individual quiche dishes to form crusts.  Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.
Chicken Filling:
4 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 tbsp olive or canola oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 cup water
8 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 garlic cloves, crushed
Cut chicken into small chunks.  In a large frying pan, heat oil.  Add chicken and cook to a golden brown.  Season with salt and pepper.  Remove chicken from pan and allow to drain on paper toweling.  Wipe any excess oil from the pan.  Return pan to heat and deglaze with water and Worcestershire sauce.  Add mustard and garlic; bring to a boil.  Lower heat to simmer, add chicken back to pan and cook for 5 minutes.  Fill the rice crusts with the chicken mixture.
Yield is 4 servings at 490 calories, 45 g carbs, and 37 g protein each making this a good chicken and rice dish for diabetics.
Enjoy!

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