REC: PB&J Hummus

Pete Romfh · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

This recipe improves the nutrition profile of the classic PB&J
sandwich. It's kid, mom, and diabetic friendly which about as friendly
as my recipes get.

-= Exported from BigOven =-

PB and J Hummus

This is a kid-friendly way to improve the nutrition of a classic
sandwich. That makes it parent-friendly as well.

Recipe By: Pete & Peggy Romfh
Serving Size: 8
Cuisine: American
Main Ingredient: Chickpeas
Categories: Low Sugar, Diabetic, Low Carb, Kid Friendly, No Cook,
Simple - Easy, Snacks, Sandwiches, Breakfast, Bread

-= Ingredients =-
3/4 cup Chickpeas, canned ; - about 1/2 a can
1/4 cup Peanut butter ; - Reduced fat version is best
1/4 cup Apple juice ; - unsweetened
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon ; - ground
1/2 teaspoon Splenda ; - to taste
1/4 cup Fruit Spread, sugar free ; I had raspberry on hand
2 rounds low Carb Pita bread

-= Instructions =-
Rinse and drain the chickpeas then drop them in a blender. Add peanut
butter, cinnamon and Splenda. Blend briefly then add apple juice while
blending to a smooth, slightly runny, consistency. Scrape out into a
bowl.

Place 2 Tbs of fruit spread on 1/2 of the surface of the bowl and stir
briefly. You're not mixing two together so much as bringing a swirl of
fruit through the hummus. Repeat with the remaining 2 Tbs of fruit
spread. For an interesting visual effect try two different flavors
(colors) of fruit spread and place them in a pattern before swirling.

Lightly toast (actually just warm) the pita bread and cut rounds into
1/8ths. Serve with hummus.

Each (2 wedges pita w/ 2 tbs hummus) serving contains an estimated:
Cals: 116, FatCals: 37, TotFat: 4g
SatFat: 1g, PolyFat: 0g, MonoFat: 3g
Chol: 0mg, Na: 247mg, K: 149mg
TotCarbs: 14g, Fiber: 4g, Sugars: 1g
NetCarbs: 10g, Protein: 6g

Adapted from: Cooking Up Fun for Kids With Diabetes

** Recipe, with photo, at: www.bigoven.com/recipe163459 **
** Easy recipe software. Try it free at: http://www.bigoven.com **

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Pete Romfh, telecom geek and amateur gourmet.
Houston, TX, USA

Archived from group: alt>food>diabetic

Pete Romfh · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 31

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:26:27 +0100, Nicky
wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:44:09 -0500, Pete Romfh
> wrote:
>
>>This recipe improves the nutrition profile of the classic PB&J
>>sandwich. It's kid, mom, and diabetic friendly which about as friendly
>>as my recipes get.
>
>Neat idea, Pete - thanks! For some reason, my teens have decided that
>all fruit is uncool - I'm looking for sneaky ideas Very Happy

>
>Nicky.

Take a look at www.thesneakychef.com it's aimed at getting nutrition
into younger kids (and selling Missy's book) but the ideas are sound.

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Pete Romfh, telecom geek and amateur gourmet.
Houston, TX, USA

Nicky · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:44:09 -0500, Pete Romfh
wrote:

>This recipe improves the nutrition profile of the classic PB&J
>sandwich. It's kid, mom, and diabetic friendly which about as friendly
>as my recipes get.

Neat idea, Pete - thanks! For some reason, my teens have decided that
all fruit is uncool - I'm looking for sneaky ideas Very Happy

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

Julie Bove · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 494

"Pete Romfh" wrote in message @4ax.com...
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:26:27 +0100, Nicky
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:44:09 -0500, Pete Romfh
>> wrote:
>>
>>>This recipe improves the nutrition profile of the classic PB&J
>>>sandwich. It's kid, mom, and diabetic friendly which about as friendly
>>>as my recipes get.
>>
>>Neat idea, Pete - thanks! For some reason, my teens have decided that
>>all fruit is uncool - I'm looking for sneaky ideas Very Happy

>>
>>Nicky.
>
> Take a look at www.thesneakychef.com it's aimed at getting nutrition
> into younger kids (and selling Missy's book) but the ideas are sound.

Wow! I'm not sure about some of that. The white puree sounds just awful.
I can't stand the taste of cooked cauliflower. I think if my mom had put
that in my mac and cheese, I would never trust her again. Actually she once
served me liver and told me it was steak. I wouldn't eat steak after that.

I do manage to sneak some veggies into our food though. I've found it's
very easy to do with most sauces and gravies and the trick is to puree it so
they don't notice any chunks of stuff in there. Kids are often skeeved out
by chunks of vegetables.

I guess I'm lucky. My daughter eats vegetables pretty well for a kid. I
always liked most of them myself. But I never liked fruit so I'm not a
fruit pusher. She does eat apples and pears. Sometimes grapes or berries,
and melon and she has recently started liking kiwi. She loves fruit salad.

Prior to learning of her food allergies, a favorite meal or snack was a
whole wheat tortilla spread with peanut butter and jelly and rolled around a
banana. It was quick and portable. Too bad the only thing she's not
allergic to in there is the jelly. These days she's on a jelly sandwich
kick. Loves gluten free rice bread with nothing but jelly on it.

Years ago, I used to make a fruit pizza. Not necessarily diabetic friendly,
but kid friendly. The base was sugar cookie dough. I've seen other similar
recipes that use a bread dough or regular pizza dough that has been
sweetened with a bit of sugar or honey.

Bake the crust until lightly browned, then top it with cream cheese. You
can sweeten the cream cheese if you want by adding a bit of jam or jelly to
it. Top with all sorts of cut up fresh fruit like berries and drizzle with
a glaze of thinned down jam or jelly.

Nicky · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:07:14 +1000, "Ozgirl"
wrote:

>
>"Nicky" wrote in message
>@4ax.com...
>> Neat idea, Pete - thanks! For some reason, my teens have decided that
>> all fruit is uncool - I'm looking for sneaky ideas Very Happy

>
>That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything in
>the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce and
>tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on icecream or
>just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in everything.
>

They're actually quite fond of veggies - except mushrooms, for some
reason - but I'd like to get the occasional bit of fruit down them
too!

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

Ozgirl · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

"Nicky" wrote in message @4ax.com...
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:44:09 -0500, Pete Romfh
> wrote:
>
>>This recipe improves the nutrition profile of the classic PB&J
>>sandwich. It's kid, mom, and diabetic friendly which about as friendly
>>as my recipes get.
>
> Neat idea, Pete - thanks! For some reason, my teens have decided that
> all fruit is uncool - I'm looking for sneaky ideas Very Happy

That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything in
the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce and
tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on icecream or
just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in everything.

Janet Wilder · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 230

Ozgirl wrote:

>
> That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything in
> the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce and
> tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on ice cream or
> just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in everything.
>
>
What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
so I need to learn the lingo.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

J.C. Hartmann · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 1

Alan S wrote:

>>>
>> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
>> so I need to learn the lingo.
>
> Sausages.
>

Far be it from me to chuck a bluey to a true blue, but having enjoyed a
snag sanger or two on my visits to the Lucky Country, may I respectfully
suggest a reassessment of the above explanation?

Jim

Alan S · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 134

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:36:14 -0400, Janet Wilder
wrote:

>Ozgirl wrote:
>
>>
>> That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything in
>> the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce and
>> tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on ice cream or
>> just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in everything.
>>
>>
>What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
>so I need to learn the lingo.

Sausages.

See if this helps:
http://www.angelescity.com/aussie_slang.html
(some of those are archaic, but many still in use)

And this will help your pronunciation:
http://digest.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt

You will need to say the words slurred and fast:-)

I had MNX for brekky t'day.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management

Ozgirl · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

"J.C. Hartmann" wrote in message @giganews.com...
> Alan S wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
>>> so I need to learn the lingo.
>>
>> Sausages.
>>
>
> Far be it from me to chuck a bluey to a true blue, but having enjoyed a
> snag sanger or two on my visits to the Lucky Country, may I respectfully
> suggest a reassessment of the above explanation?

Lol

Ozgirl · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 102

"Janet Wilder" wrote in message $0$5611$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> Ozgirl wrote:
>
>>
>> That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything
>> in the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce
>> and tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on ice
>> cream or just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in
>> everything.
> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October so
> I need to learn the lingo.

You and others, lol. It's a sandwich. In England I believe it is a sarnie.
We are weird people.

Janet Wilder · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 230

Alan S wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:36:14 -0400, Janet Wilder
> wrote:
>
>> Ozgirl wrote:
>>
>>> That's a shame, fruit is my kids' veggies! I find it hard to get anything in
>>> the veggie line down their throat other than potato or some lettuce and
>>> tomatoes on sangers. They love tropical fruit, canned fruit on ice cream or
>>> just by itself. Pineapple in stir fry.. I try to put tomatoes in everything.
>>>
>>>
>> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
>> so I need to learn the lingo.
>
> Sausages.
>
> See if this helps:
> http://www.angelescity.com/aussie_slang.html
> (some of those are archaic, but many still in use)
>
> And this will help your pronunciation:
> http://digest.textfiles.com/humor/strine.txt
>
> You will need to say the words slurred and fast:-)
>
> I had MNX for brekky t'day.
>
>
>
>
Thanks, Alan. I intend to study the first one. The second one is too
deep for me.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Janet Wilder · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 230

Ozgirl wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" wrote in message

>> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October so
>> I need to learn the lingo.
>
> You and others, lol. It's a sandwich. In England I believe it is a sarnie.
> We are weird people.
>
>

Most of us "Yanks" call it a sandwich. One gal who does a popular
cooking show calls it a "sammich" but I think she's just trying to be cute.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

Alan S · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 134

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:05:58 -0500, "J.C. Hartmann"
wrote:

>Alan S wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> What are sangers? We are going to Australia and New Zealand in October
>>> so I need to learn the lingo.
>>
>> Sausages.
>>
>
>Far be it from me to chuck a bluey to a true blue, but having enjoyed a
>snag sanger or two on my visits to the Lucky Country, may I respectfully
>suggest a reassessment of the above explanation?
>
>Jim

Aaarghh! Speed reading should not be done in Strine:-)

Sandwiches of course...mea culpa

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
--
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/
latest: Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
latest: Self-Testing and Type 2 Management

Julie Bove · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 494

"Janet Wilder" wrote in message $0$21932$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

> Most of us "Yanks" call it a sandwich. One gal who does a popular cooking
> show calls it a "sammich" but I think she's just trying to be cute.

More and more people are calling it a sammich but I think they're just
imitating her.

I remember when we first moved to this area, 40some years ago, we were
confused by some of the lingo. People spoke differently than they did in
the midwest. Example, we said divan and here they said couch, sofa,
davenport or daveno.

So when the neighbor invited my little brother for lunch, he came home in
tears. Why? When she told him what she was serving, he thought she said
"sand witch".