"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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>> On 12/30/2010 2:52 PM, Janet wrote:
>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> The first one is not something I would feed my diabetic DH. The second
>>>> one is half the carbs, but he doesn't care much for chocolate. Rice
>>>> always spikes him. Even brown rice.
>>>
>>> To me, the whole idea of "rice pudding for diabetics" is rather an
>>> oxymoron.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I don't know many diabetics who do well with rice.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Way-the-heck-south Texas
>> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>
> This is the ADA recipe. I would never eat this.
>
> Creamy Rice Pudding (diabetic from ADA)
> 6 Servings/Serving size: 1/6 recipe (about 2/3 cup)
>
> 2 cups water
> 1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces
> 1 cup converted rice
> 4 cups skim milk
> 1/4 tsp salt
> 7&1/4 tsp Equal® for Recipes or 24 packets Equal® sweetener or 1
> cup Equal® SpoonfulT
> 3 egg yolks
> 2 egg whites
> 1 tsp vanilla
> 1/4 cup raisins
> Ground cinnamon
> Ground nutmeg
>
> Heat water and cinnamon stick to boiling in large saucepan; stir in rice.
> Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until rice is tender and water absorbed,
> 20 to
> 25 minutes. Discard cinnamon stick.
>
> Add milk and salt; heat to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until
> mixture starts to thicken, about 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
> (Milk
> will not be absorbed and pudding will thicken when it cools.) Remove from
> heat
> and cool 1 to 2
> minutes; stir in Equal®.
>
> Beat egg yolks, egg whites, and vanilla into small bowl. Stir about 1/2
> cup
> rice mixture into egg mixture; stir back in saucepan. Cook over low heat,
> stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in raisins.
>
> Spoon pudding into serving bowl, sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg. Serve
> warm
> or room temperature.
>
> Exchanges Per Serving:
> Starch Exchange -- 2
> Milk Exchange -- 1
> Fat Exchange -- 1/2
> Calories -- 244
> Total Fat -- 3g
> Cholesterol -- 109mg
> Sodium -- 200mg
> Carbohydrate -- 43g
> Protein -- 11g

With the exchanges such as they are, that is pretty much a meal in and of
itself. Maybe that and a salad with a wee bit of meat on it and you'd have
a full meal. For a meal, I'd sure want something more substantial than
pudding!