My sister-in-law has had diabetes for 10 years now. She's past the medicine point and onto the shots. It is because of her that I am adamant to maintain the 100 or so level of sugar and not spike over 165. I refuse to shoot anything into my body if I can prevent it.
Last year she was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer and after the usual hysterectomy she underwent 6 treatments of chemo.
I saw the Cook for the Cure products on the Kitchen Aide site about 6months ago and wanted to order the Pass the Plate and start a platter traveling all over, with a prepared dish, to where ever it goes for a donation of $5.00 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation each time it was registered.....but they were out of stock.
I forgot about it and then saw a article from an old magazine I was cutting out things I wanted to file and checked again. This time I had success and it arrived in 2 days. I almost wanted to keep it for myself, it is such a pretty platter but that would defeat the reason for buying it, so yesterday the perfect opportunity arose with our Mother's Day celebration. I had to develop a recipe for a cooking contest and I needed taste testers...............you can guess the rest.
I made the recipe Diabetic Friendly so it served 2 purposes.
Recipe
Shrimp (at least 1 pound) depending on the number of guests
1 Chipotle Pepper in Adobo Sauce (Goya food section - canned)
3/4 cup OJ
1/4 cup lime juice (1 lime)
1/4 cup roughly chopped red pepper (1/4 pepper)
2 tbls roughly chopped red onion (1/4 small red onion)
1 garlic clove
3/4 cup Banana Liquor
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 tsp 5-spice powder
1 tbls ground ginger
1 tbls dry mustard (Colemans)
1 tbls brown mustard
10 mint leaves
Place everything in a blender and blend till smooth.
Place in sauce pan and simmer for 20 mins on med-high to thicken.
Marinade with shrimp for 1 hour and baste with sauce while on grill. If using as a dipping sauce simmer till thickened to sauce consistency.
Both were a big hit and I felt pretty good. I don't think I will win the food contest but I certainly feel like I won the "support for a good cause" opportunity.
I just can't seem to get a handle on what it takes to make a recipe make it to the finals.
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