MEDITERRANEAN MORSELS: Daily Diabetic Recipe

MEDITERRANEAN MORSELS

Yield: 10 servings
Source: "Quick and Easy Low Carb Cooking for People with Diabetes"


INGREDIENTS
- 12 green olives stuffed with pimiento, drained
- 5 ounces cherry tomatoes, preferably sweet grape variety, rinsed and patted dry
- 1 14-ounce can cut hearts of palm, drained
- 4 ounces small or large whole mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 cup canned garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
- 1-1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
- 20 plain crisp breadsticks (4 x 1/2 inches)

DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients except breadsticks in a
gallon-sized plastic storage bag. Seal tightly and
shake gently back and forth to coat completely.

Refrigerate 4 hours to allow flavors to blend.
Serve with breadsticks and wooden toothpicks.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/2 cup plus 2 breadsticks):
Calories: 94, Fat: 4 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 295 mg,
Carbohydrate: 12 g, Dietary Fiber: 2 g, Sugars: 2 g, Protein: 3 g
Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Starch, 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Fat