Title: Cilantro salsa
 Categories: Diabetic
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      2    Tomatoes; diced
      1 sm Cucumber; peeled and chopped
      1 sm Red onion; diced
    1/2 c  Chopped fresh cilantro
           -leaves
      1 ts Grated lime peel
      1 sm Green pepper; diced
      1 ds Hot sauce; up to 2
           Salt and pepper; to taste
 
  Blend all ingredients to desired chunkiness and chill overnight.
  
  Exchanges: All dinner menus this week have about 550 calories total
  and include:
  
  2-3 Starch servings 1-3 Meat or Meat Substitute servings 1-3 Vegetable
  servings 1 Fruit serving 1-2 Fat servings
  
  Total Fat -- 20g Total Carbohydrate -- 45g Protein -- 33g
  
  Some menus have 1 Skim Milk serving instead of 1 Meat, 1 Starch, or 1
  Fruit serving.
  
  Recipe for Friday, 5/1/98
  
  Notes: This week we are featuring complete dinner menus and
  accompanying recipes from the cookbook Magic Menus for People with
  Diabetes, a calorie-controlled collection of the "best of" the
  award-winning Month of Meals series of menu planners.
  
  You can order a copy of this and many other cookbooks from our online
  bookstore or call 1-800-ADA-ORDER (1-800-232-6733).
  
  Dinner: 2 Black Bean Cakes with 1/2 cup Cilantro Salsa and 2 Tbsp
  low-fat sour cream 1/2 cup frozen yogurt