Special Diet Food

Finding recipes that will not put more weight on you is an adventure. There are plenty of special diet food found in recipe books and you can go online to several sites that specialize in special diet food, but how do you know they will TASTE good? You don't until you try them, then they become tried and true special diet food that you can fix for yourself and your whole family without the complaints where they state they should not have to eat DIET food. Here is one example of tried and true special diet food, and the family never knew that they were eating DIET food.

Stuffed Jumbo Shells Low Calorie Recipe

Makes 11 servings

22 whole grain jumbo pasta shells

2 cups diced tomatoes (run through the food processor)

1 1/2 lbs. low- fat tofu

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

2 teaspoons minced garlic

1/4 cup minced onion

2 teaspoons basil

1 package frozen chopped spinach, thawed

1/4 cup fat-free parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 350?

Combine processed diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, garlic, onion and basil. Cook on low heat until onions are soft. Spread 1/2 of the sauce in a 13x9 inch pan, and set aside. Boil pasta shells according to package directions. Drain very well. Mix tofu with spinach and fill cooked shell with mixture and lay in the pan. Cover with last 1/2 of the sauce. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over the top.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until it is bubbling.

Nutrition information per serving: ?Calories: 114 ?Fat: 1g ?Protein: 7g ?Carbohydrate: 19g ?Cholesterol: 0mg ?Sodium: 649 ?Calories from fat: 11 percent

This meal satisfied even the pickiest person in the house, who always had the opinion that diet food has to taste like cardboard, and if it is food from special diet food they were going to Mad's for supper. After having this meal, that picky person asked when we could have it again! Serve this dish with a salad and a hot roll, with a fresh fruit dessert, and you have a meal fit for, well, anyone. They will never know that this came from the special diet food category.

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