Vegetable cake (chitwood)

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 large Cabbage
COOKED AND DRAINED VEGETABLES:
1 cup Green beans; cut into 1/2\" pieces
1 cup Green peas
1 large Carrot; cut into 1/4\" dice, White part of
2 Leeks; see detail
10 ounces Frozen chopped spinach
4 larges Eggs; or one cup egg substitute
1 cup Skim milk
¾ teaspoon Salt
Pepper; to taste
5 Scallions; chopped
1 tablespoon Olive oil
2 pounds Tomatoes; peel seed and chop
¼ teaspoon Dried basil; crumbled
¼ teaspoon Salt
⅛ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
⅓ cup Skim milk

Directions

SPECIAL TOMATO SAUCE

LEEK DETAIL: Cut to retain white part of each leek. Halve leeks lengthwise; wash well. Chop and cook in boiling water until tender.

CABBAGE: Remove and discard any coarse outer leaves of the cabbage without tearing the next layer. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook cabbage for 2 minutes. Peel off two outer leaves carefully and repeat the process until six large outer leaves in all are removed. Reserve the remaining cabbage for another use.

Cut the ribs from the six softened cabbage leaves.

Line a buttered 1-quart round baking dish with the cabbage leaves, leaving some overhang to cover the filling. Layer the green beans, peas, carrots, leeks and spinach over the cabbage leaves.

In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper to taste.

Pour mixture over the vegetables and fold the overhanging cabbage over the filling. Cover the dish with foil.

Put dish in a baking pan, and add enough boiling water to the pan to come 1 inch up the side of the dish.

Bake the vegetable mixture in a preheated 350F oven for 1 hour. Remove the dish from the baking pan and let cake cool for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and run a knife around the edge of the cake. Invert the cake onto a serving plate.

To make the SAUCE: In a skillet, cook scallions in oil over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, salt and cayenne. Cook the mixture, stirring, for 3 minutes. Puree the mixture in a food processor or blender. Add the milk and blend sauce until smooth. Serve over vegetable cake.

Nutrition information per ⅛ of cake: 129 calories, 19 grams carbohydrate, 3⅘ grams fat, 7.3 grams protein. Exchanges per serving: 1 starch/bread, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.

"Southern Style Diabetic Cooking" (American Diabetes Association, publisher) Posted Path McRecipe 07 No 96]-- Recipe By : Marti Chitwood (1996) Southern-Style Diabetic Cooking Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #284 Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 12:13:05 -0800 From: Hanneman <phannema@...>

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