Carrots Supreme

JoAnna M. Lund


Serves 4 (scant 1 cup)

List of Ingredients

• 4 cups sliced carrots
  
• 1/2 cup diced onion
  
• 2 tablespoons Hormel Bacon Bits
  
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  
• 2 tablespoons Cary's sugar-free maple syrup
  

Instructions

1. In a medium sauce pan, cook carrots in boiling water until tender, about 10 minutes. Meanwhile in a large saucepan sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray, saute onion until temder, about 5 minutes. Stir in Bacon Bits and black pepper. Drain carrots and return to saucepan. Mash well with potato masher or electric mixer. Stir in maple syrup. Add carrots to onion mixture. Mix well to combine. Continue cooking until heated through. Serve at once.
   

Final Comments

Each serving equals:
HE: 2 1/3 Vegetable, 18 Optional Calories
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81 Calories, 1gm Fat, 3gm Protein,
15gm Carbohydrate, 117mg Sodium, 3gm Fiber
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DIABETIC: 2 Vegetable

"Healthy Exchanges Food Newsletter, October 1995, pg. 12"