Native American Diabetic-Friendly Recipes

"Comfort food can be healthy!!! this is Low in trans fats. Nutritional facts for the mayo dressing is here http://www.smartbalance.com/MayonnaiseFamily.aspx. Do make the whole recipe even if you don't have 20 to serve. You can top a Shepherd’s Pie, add it to soup for a gluten free thickener, croquettes, add to a bread dough recipe, stuff them in a..."

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Ingredients: pepper, light mayonnaise...

"No breading just yummy veggies and sausage giving the filling crispness and the mushroom retain a soft juicy texture. No added fat or salt needed for the sausage and cheese supply enough.."

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Ingredients: Italian spices, diced tomatoes...

"Have not tried this yet. Given to me by someone. The instructions said this is a rich soup, so small portions recommended. From a Pueblo recipe. Serve this with Fry Bread (there are several recipes for Indian Fry Bread here on 'Zaar)"

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Ingredients: coriander seeds, dried mint...

"Also known as: "Guwakaan Dleeyí & Dzísk’w Dleeyí" From the SEARHC (SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium) website comes a recipe for using the extra venison and/or moose that it seems many Alaskans have in their freezers. "Deer and moose meat are lean alternatives to ground beef, and the vegetables..."

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Ingredients: cornmeal, dried parsley...

"A recipe by Toni Turner, executive director of The University of Texas Law School Foundation in Austin, a cooking historian who specializes in the foods of the Anglo pioneers and Native Americans of the 1850s. As posted in Texas Highways."

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Ingredients: eggs, green chilies, nopales...

"I haven't tried this Native American recipe, but it looks very tasty and simple. Good for a cold afternoon? Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: corn kernels, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"As I was in search of way to use up my squash crop, I ran across this recipe at Allrecipes.com. It was submitted by: THE HOOVE and stated: "The Iroquois Indians cultivated and used the Three Sisters (corn, squash and beans) in their diet. This is a recipe passed down by our relatives. You may use regular corn instead of hominy, but hominy is..."

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Ingredients: pepper, hominy, potatoes...

"This recipe can be cooked over coals,grill or stove and oven. The original recipe called for wild onions & buffalo berries. I have adapted. The meat was also venison. You can use beef,elk, antelope, turkey or ground chicken. Instructions look complicated but very easy."

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Ingredients: pepper, eggs, salt substitute...

"When you only want to make one large sugar free FF pumpkin pie I use this recipe."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, fat-free evaporated milk...