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Pocket Sandwiches with Shaved Meat (Mayo)

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Category: Meat, Sandwiches

 Ingredients List

  • 1 lg Pita bread
  • 2 oz Shaved turkey
  • 2 tb Diced red onion; or thinly
  • -sliced
  • 1 tb Diced green bell pepper; or
  • -thinly sliced
  • 1/2 c Shredded lettuce
  • 1/4 c Chopped tomato; or sliced
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • 2 tb Fat-free salad dressing

 Directions

Cut large pita round in half. Tuck in meat of choice, red onion, green
pepper, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato and top with alfalfa sprouts.
Spoon on fat-free dressing. Yield: 2 servings.

Variations: Lean or extra lean cold cuts: chicken, roast beef or roast
pork; shaved.

Mayo reduced the fat and calories by: 1) halving the amount of meat but
doubling it's volume by used shaved or thinly sliced cold cuts. 2) halving
the amount of dressing, and 3) substituting a non-fat version of a food:
compare 99 cal (11g fat) for mayonnaise; 50 cal (5g fat) for lowfat
mayonnaise; and 10 cal (0g fat) for fat-free mayonnaise.

Nutritional Analysis Original 290 cals and 15g fat. Modified 125 cals, 1g
fat. From 47% cff to 7% cff. Diabetic exchanges: 2 meat and 1 starch

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