Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 tb Margarine
1/2 lb Fresh or frozen okra 1" pcs.
2 c Chopped celery
1 md Onion, chopped
1 sm Sweet green pepper, chopped
2 Garlic cloves, minced
8 oz Can tomato paste
4 Ripe tomatoes peeled OR
16 oz can peeled tomatoes
2 c Water
2 c Chopped cooked turkey
3/4 ts Gumbo file powder
Cooked rice

Melt the margarine in a large skillet. Add the okra. Saute until the
okra loses its shiny appearance, about 5 minutes. Remove the okra
pieces to a bowl. Add the celery onion, green pepper, and garlic to
the skillet.

Cook over medium heat until the onion is transparent. Add the tomato
paste, tomatoes, water, okra mixture, and turkey. Cook over low heat
10 minutes or until turkey is hot. Add the file powder. Stir to
blend. Spoon over the rice in soup bowls.

1/4 recipe = 255 calories, 3 lean meat, 1 bread, 1 vegetable 19 grams
carbohydrate, 25 grams protein, 10 grams fat, 176 mg sodium, 1102 mg
potassium, 54 mg cholesterol.

Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Holiday Cookbook by Betty Wedman, 1986
Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier, Nov 93

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