Diabetic Dish of the Week - Curried Ham Salad

This week's Diabetic Dish of the Week is a Curried Ham Salad. It's from one of my favorite recipe sites, CooksRecipes. The Cooks site (http://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html) has recipes to please all tastes or cuisines so check it out soon. They also have some fantastic recipes for the upcoming Christmas Holiday!

Curried Ham Salad

Low-fat, low-sugar curried ham salad, served or a bed of Boston lettuce.

Recipe Ingredients:

1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 tablespoon milk
1/2 to 1 teaspoon curry powder
2 packets Equal® sweetener or 3/4 teaspoon Equal® for Recipes
1/4 teaspoon paprika
2 cups cubed fully cooked ham or chicken
1 medium apple, cored and chopped
1 medium banana, halved lengthwise and sliced
1 (11-ounce) can mandarin orange sections, chilled and drained
Boston or Bibb lettuce leaves
Toasted coconut (optional)

Cooking Directions:

1- Pour boiling water over raisins to cover; let stand 5 minutes. Drain.
2 - In a small bowl stir together yogurt, milk, curry powder, Equal® sweetener, and paprika; set aside.
3 - In a large bowl combine ham or chicken, apple and raisins. Add dressing; toss to coat. Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours.
4 - Before serving, stir in banana and mandarin oranges. Serve on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with toasted coconut, if desired.
* Makes 4 (1 1/4 cups) servings.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/4 of recipe; 1 1/4 cups): Calories: 261, Protein: 19 g, Carbohydrates: 40 g, Fat: 4 g, Cholesterol: 23 mg, Sodium: 891 mg.
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/diabetic/curried-ham-salad-diabetic-recipe.html