diabetes help

Special Offers


 




Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole from the Recipes EU Collection

 


Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole Recipe

...brought to you by Recipes EU





Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 6 ounces can tomato paste
1 3/4 cups water
2 tsp dried oregano
1/4 cup parsley leaves, freshly chopped -or-
2 tbsp dried parsley flakes
1/2 tsp salt
1 large eggplant -or- zucchini
1 lb Swiss cheese, sliced
1 1/2 cups dry bread cubes
1 cup parmesan cheese, grated


Saute the onion in the oil in a saucepan until the onion is tender. Add
the tomato paste, water, oregano, parsley and salt. Simmer over low heat
for 10 minutes. Cut the eggplant (or zucchini) into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

Arrange one layer of eggplant slices in the bottom of a lightly-oiled 9-
by 13 inch baking pan. Pour on about 1/3 cup of the tomato sauce. Top with
the Swiss cheese slices.

Add another layer of eggplant slices and pour on about 1/2 cup of the
tomato sauce. Combine the rest of the sauce with the bread cubes and spoon
over the eggplant. Sprinkle on the Parmesan Cheese. Bake in a 325-degree
oven for about 25 minutes.

Serves 6

One Serving = Calories: 385 Carbohydrates: 17 Protein: 26 Fat: 26 Sodium:
497 Potassium: 471 Cholesterol: 72

Exchange Value: 3 High-Fat Meat Exchanges + 1 Bread Exchange + 1 Fat
Exchange

Source: Holiday Cookbook, American Diabetes Association, ISBN
0-13-024894-0, by Betty Wedman, M.S.,R.D.
 


This Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole Recipe brought to you from the Recipes.eu.com recipe collection

Print this Page

Dieting made easy

If you want to get in shape and also develop your general well-being, then you need to follow a meticulously prepared wholesome diet. Ideally, this must include five standard portions of pulses and vegetables every day and also require the correct proportion of fat, carbohydrates and proteins.

When devising a meal plan, it is important to attempt to regulate your intake of refined carbohydrate, fats and salt.

When starting a weight loss program, dieters usually focus on chain store and brand name products labelled as 'low in fat'. This is far too often foolish, for a food product could be lowered in fat, but still much too high in carbs.

Learn to recognise the difference between hunger and thirst. Now and then at some stage in a busy day, you assume you are hungry when in actuality you might only want a cooling cup of water or orange juice. The sensations of hunger and needing a drink are close, albeit one can result in a fat tummy and one leads to no damage.

As an alternative to dwelling on the many foods you should leave out of your meal plan, look at the healthy foods that you should introduce to your dietary regime. If one can insert some nutritious fruit & vegetables into your meal plan, you will be amazed to find that you feel full and have a significantl;y decreased chance of giving in to those unwholesome mid-morning snacks.


If you like this Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole Recipe, you may find the following sites useful:




Eggplant/Swiss Cheese Casserole - a delicious recipe from Recipes.eu.com