Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe

pEMMarinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe from the diabetic recipe collection at InformationAboutDiabetes.com/emIngredients: /pP7 medium size ripe tomatoes1 (about 2 lbs, cored1/2 cup cider vinegar1 tbsp sugar or equal to sugar substitute3 cup brown rice2 small cucumbers, pared, halved seeded and1 cup parsley, chopped1/2 cup olive oil9 green onions, thinly sliced1 tsp salt1/2 tsp pepper/pPreparation: PPrepare a tomato rose for the garnish. Starting at the bottom of one ofthe tomatoes, cut the skin of the tomato with a vegetable peeler in onelong continuous strip, about 1/4 inch wide. Starting at the with the endyou first removeed, roll the strip, skinside out, into a rose shape. Coverwith damp paper toweling and refrigerate until needed. Cut 5 of theremaining, plus the peeled tomato into 1/4" cubes. Place in a medium-sizebowl. Add vinegar, basil and sugar; stir to mix well. Cover; marinate inthe refrierator for 1 hour. Cook the rice following label directions.Drain; cool to room temperature. Combine the rice, cucumber and parsly in alarge bowl. Stir in the olive oil. Add green onion, marinated tomatoes,salt and pepper; stir to mix well. Pack 3 cups of the rice mixture into a 31/2 quart bowl. Cut the remaining tomato into 3/4" cubes. Arrange thecubes, skin side out, in a ring around the outside of the bowl. Addremaining rice mixture to the bowl, pack well. Cover; refrigerate for 1hour. To serve, gently run a thin spatula arond the inside of the bowl.Invert the salad onto a large serving plate. Garnish the top with thetomato rose. Source: The Best of Family Circle Cookbook Brought to you andyours via Nancy O'Brion and her Meal-Master /pPSTRONGServes: 12 /strong/pMarinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe provided for you by InformationAboutDiabetes.comH2Is this Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?/h2PThis Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad recipe comes from our collection of healthy diabetic Salad recipes. As we have no knowledge of your individual health concerns and the guidelines your doctors have given to you, we can`t say with certainty that this Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad recipe is appropriate for you. Nonetheless, as the compiler labelled it as `diabetic` it hopefully indicates that it, at the very least, matches the minimum consideration for the tag `diabetic friendly`, being low fat and low carb and as a result should be better for you than a typical non-diabetic recipe. Even taking that into account, this Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad recipe must only be used if you understand your own condition and are happy that the recipe contents are safe for you. /pSTRONGMarinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe - Important Disclaimer/strongPThis Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad Recipe is one from the STRONGdiabetic Salad recipes/strong section. Clearly, it is unfeasible for us to hand check every single one of the EMdiabetic Salad recipes/em to ensure that they are totally acceptable for people with diabetes. We have more than 2000 recipes listed, and to cook each recipe at the rate of one recipe every day would take as long as 6 years. You should check the nutritional content to verify that all the recipes are compliant with the diabetes nutritional guidelines your doctor has given you. If you suspect that this Marinated Tomato-Rice Salad recipe is unsuitable for sufferers of diabetes, please let us know and we will change or remove it from the site. /p