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     Title: Asparagus Salad with Pecans
Categories: Diabetic, Salads, Vegetables, Side dishes, Vegetarian
     Yield: 6 servings

          Water                                    -(see Index)
    24    Asparagus spears, fresh                  -=OR=-
          - medium-sized                      6 tb -prepared light mayonnaise;
     6    Red leaf lettuce; leaves            2 tb Pecans; chopped
     6 tb Buttermilk mayonnaise;

 Bring large pot of water to boil. Wash asparagus and snap off tough
 bottoms os stems.  When water is boiling, add asparagus and let water
 return to a boil.  Cook about 3 minutes, until asparagus is crisp but
 tender. Remove asparagus, run it under cold water, and refrigerate to
 chill. At serving time, line six salad plates with lettuce and
 arrange four spears on each. Top salads ith 1 tb of Buttermilk
 Mayonnaise or commercial light mayonnaise and sprinkle with 1 ts
 chopped pecans.

 Food Exchange per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE; CHO: 9g; PRO: 3g;
 FAT: 2g; CAL: 41 Low-sodium diets: This recipe is excellent.

 Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbott
 Hess.,R.D.,M.S. and Katharine Middleton
 Brought to you and yours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal Master

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