This quick dinner combines lean pork tenderloin and fruit salsa with spinach-flavored linguine and summer squash.
Feel free to substitute whatever fruit looks best -- cherries, peaches or plums would be good -- in the salsa.
Roast Pork With Chunky Strawberry Salsa
3/4 pound pork tenderloin
Olive oil spray
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin, divided use
1 cup ripe strawberries, hulled and coarsely chopped
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons fresh diced red onion
Several drops hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
Salt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Heat broiler; line a baking sheet with foil and place under broiler. Remove visible fat from pork and spray all sides with olive oil spray. Sprinkle pork with 1 teaspoon ground cumin. Remove baking sheet from broiler and place tenderloin on sheet. Broil 10 minutes. Turn and cook another 10 minutes. A meat thermometer should read 160 degrees. While pork broils, place strawberries in a medium-size bowl and sprinkle with sugar. Add onion and hot pepper sauce. Mix the 1/2 remaining teaspoon cumin and lime juice together and drizzle over ingredients. Add salt to taste. Toss well and sprinkle with cilantro (optional).
Makes 2 servings.
Nutrition information: Each serving contains approximately 250 calories, 36 g protein, 6 g fat, 10 g carbohydrate (3 g sugar), 108 mg cholesterol, 105 mg sodium and 2 g fiber.
Carbohydrate count: 1.
Linguine With Summer Squash
1/4 pound spinach linguine
2 1/4 cups fresh or frozen sliced yellow squash
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and ground black pepper
Place a large saucepan filled with 3 to 4 quarts of water on to boil over high heat. Add the pasta and boil 2 minutes. Add the squash and continue to boil 8 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked through, but firm. Drain the pasta and vegetables. Place in a bowl and toss with olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Makes 2 servings.
Nutrition information: Each serving contains approximately 300 calories, 9 g protein, 8 g fat, 47 mg cholesterol (4 g sugar), no cholesterol, 5 mg sodium and 3 g fiber.
Carbohydrate count: 3.
Recipe from Mix 'n' Match Meals in Minutes for People With Diabetes by Linda Gassenheimer, published by the American Diabetes Association
Food on 09/02/2015