Thursday, April 12, 2012

[Healthy_Recipes_For_Diabetic_Friends] Sweet Potato Breakfast Salad with Almond Butter Protein Dressing... 21.1g Carbs

 

Sweet Potato Breakfast Salad with Almond Butter Protein Dressing...

{For salad plus 3 Tbsp dressing the nutrition is: 21.1g Carbs, 4.8g Fiber, 6.9g Sugar}

From: www.choosingraw.com
(Vegan, gluten free, soy free)

Serves: 1
Dressing makes: 1 1/2 cups

-->For the salad
1 small sweet potato, baked and cubed
3 cups baby romaine OR spinach
1 Tbsp dried cranberries

--> For the almond butter protein dressing
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
4 Tbsp almond butter
3 pitted dates
1 serving vegan protein powder (I used 2 scoops Vega whole foods optimizer)

1. Blend all ingredients for the dressing on high.

2. Toss the vegetables and cranberries together and top with 2-3 Tbsp sauce
(I used more, but I was probably a little too liberal). Serve and enjoy!
Check out the colors of this salad! So beautiful!

Nutrition From: www.caloriecount.about.com
--> For Salad only!
Servings: 1
Serving Size: 156 g
Nutrition per Serving: 77 Calories, 4 Calories from Fat, 0.4g Total Fat,
0mg Cholesterol, 93mg Sodium, 16.4g Total Carbs, 4.2g Dietary Fiber,
4.5g Sugars, 3.8g Protein
Vitamin A 399% - Vitamin C 63% - Calcium 11% - Iron 16%
Nutrition Grade: A

Good points:
Very low in saturated fat
No cholesterol
High in calcium
Very high in dietary fiber
Very high in iron
Very high in manganese
Very high in magnesium
Very high in potassium
High in riboflavin
High in thiamin
Very high in vitamin A
Very high in vitamin B6
Very high in vitamin C

Bad points:
High in sugar

Nutrition From: www.caloriecount.about.com
--> For dressing only!
Recipe makes: 391 g = 13.79 oz // 13.79 fl oz = 27.58 Tbsp
Servings: 9
Serving Size: 43 g or 3 Tbsp each (43 g = 1.51 oz // 1.51 fl oz = 3.03 Tbsp)
Nutrition per Serving:
84 Calories, 45 Calories from Fat, 5g Total Fat, 0.6g Saturated Fat,
0g Trans Fat, 11mg Cholesterol, 48mg Sodium, 4.7g Total Carbs,
0.6g Dietary Fiber, 2.4g Sugars, 5.9g Protein
Vitamin A 1% - Vitamin C 0% - Calcium 8% - Iron 3%
Nutrition Grade: B+

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