Make special diet dishes Barbara NeCreadie BUDGET BEATERS PM GOING to do something today that I promised myself I wouldn’t. It seems to me that every colum- nist gets a flag to wave. If the writer discovers conservation, every col- unin from that date screeches about recycling. If the columnist is about to welcome a baby, the unfortunate readers get “Pampered” to death. Over a year ago, | discovered that Lam a diabetic. Right then | vowed that Budget Beaters would ignore the fact. So why am I delving into the subject now? Several reasons. The first is that hundreds of readers, like me, have discovered that they are adult-onset diabetic. I’ve had so many requests a i for suitable food that | simply can't ignore the problem anymore. Meanwhile, as requested so often, here is a completely sugar- free, low cholesterol muffin recipe. OATMEAL MUFFINS First, Ull give you the basic ingredients. By adding various combinations of fruit this recipe will become Apple Cinnamon, Pumpkin of Carrot Muffins. Non-dieters enjoy them — they’re welcome to load on the but- ter if they wish. The rest of us can eat them dry without choking. Migawd, they're handy! [ carry one, Saran-wrapped, with me whenever I might be stuck for. something to eat — like when on an airplane! On one flight to Calgary, | unwrapped my muffin when the coffee was served. A woman across the aisle demanded the flight atten- dant bring her ane, too. The passenger didn’t understand much English and the attendant had one furious lady on her hands as she tried to explain. Basic ingredients for six jumbo - muffin le. buttermilk (low fat) 1 ¢. old-fashioned rolled oats — coarse grind (buy in bulk) lege 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil — Canola is best (can be omitted) 2 Tbsp. 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To that nvixture add one of the spe- ciul sete of ingredients to make any of the three variations. Stir the remaining dry ingredi- ents together on a sheet of wax paper. Add to the first mixture and stir to blend. The mixture should be lumpy but with no flour patches showing. Turn into six “Texas” or jumbo muffin tins. Bake at 400°F, 23 min- utes, Apple Cinnamen Muffins % of a 14-oz. tin unsweetened applesauce 1 small apple, unpeeled, cored and diced RS Liquid Fruit for Mint (600mL) ay OR Foamtabs (100's} OR Fruit Favor Tabs (100's). Pumpkin Muffins Kofa t4-oz. tin pumpkin Carrot Muffins 1 medium carrot, grated % of a 14-02, tin crushed pincap- ple, including juice 1 tsp. vanilla Note: | double this recipe so | don't have 4 a tin of anything hang- ing around, These freeze well — reheat in the microwave about ane minute. Most pasta sauces contain quite a bil of oil or animal fat. The pasta, if you use the dry kind, is egg-free and quite safe for this sort of diet restriction, Therefore it was a challenge to create a new sauce that had very lit- Ue fat, no sugar, but still lasted good. My family enjoyed this one. TOMATO MEAT SAUCE 1 th. meat — I use extri-lean ground beef but you could use ground turkey or chicken tasty for everyone f green pepper, chopped {are onion, chopped 3 very large ctoves garlic, finely minced 4 ib, mushrooms, sliced 1 Thsp. mixed dry Italian herbs 1 28-02. tin crashed tomatoes { 28-02. tin diced tomatoes, drained, reserve juice 1 Thsp. Splenda sweetener Ina deep saucepan, over low . heat, cook meat until no longer pink, breaking it up as it cooks, Add the pepper, onion, garlic and mushrooms and cook until limp, stirring, Add the herbs and tomatoes, Cook, stirring ocassionally, for about an hour, using low heat. If the inixiure seems dry, add reserved juice as you need it, ‘Taste, then add the Splenda until you like the flavor. 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