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Chapter 3
Cooking for One Recipes (one-dish meals)
NOTES FOR SPECIAL DIETS NUTRITION / PREPARATION TIPS
• Diabetic Diet: Exclude 1. Use more natural low-sodium
thickener from the recipe. seasonings (e.g. garlic,coriander,
Exchange 1½ servings of basil) to reduce the consumption of
carbohydrates for each salt and soy sauce.
serving of this dish.
2. Substitute coriander for basil leaves
• Low-Salt Diet: Reduce the if the latter are not available.
amount of light soy sauce in
the thickener to ½ tsp. 3. Choose lean pork for mincing over
pre-prepared minced pork as the
• Low-Fat / Low-Cholesterol latter is often higher in fat content.
Diet: Reduce the amount of
vegetable oil to ¾ tsp.
EACH SERVING PROVIDES:
Meat, fish,
egg & alternatives:
2 taels (~80g)
Vegetables:
1¾ servings
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