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contest It wasn't a Throwdown but...

I found, and my son made (with changes) one delicious, diabolic, decadent diabetic dessert for his mom today. The basic ingredients:

Filling Ingredients
4 cups rhubarb, chopped or sliced
1 cup fresh strawberries
1 large apple (whatever kind is sweet and in season)
3/4 cup organic apple juice concentrate
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. tapioca starch (cornstarch will work too)

Topping Ingredients
1/2 cup quick-cook oats
1/2 cup walnuts (or any nuts you would like to use)
1/2 cup quinoa, uncooked
3 dates, seeds removed
1 tsp. olive oil

He used far more apples, strawberries, rhubarb, dates and quinoa than called for.

This recipe has a glycemic load of less than 10 per serving (15 servings per recipe) - quite low given what it contains!

Mike
 
Sounds yummy, Mike - I love rhubarb. How was it cooked?

The filling ingredients were fixed in a pan under moderate heat until the apples and rhubarb were soft. He poured that into a baking dish, added the topping mix and baked it in a convection oven for about 30 minutes, though I don't know at what temp.

All the topping ingredients were put into a food processor and chopped/diced into something a little thicker than a cereal.

I'm not a nutritionist, but I suspect the quinoa contributes immensely to keeping the glycemic load so low. Non-diabetics can likely skip the seeds - I'm not sure. Eaten uncooked, they have no taste. But they may add some sweetness when cooked.

BTW, this is also a great recipe if one is constipated!!!

Mike
 
I'm not really one for desserts, but I showed this to my girlfriend and my roommate and they both thought it sounded great.

That said -- probably the wrong subforum, man.

These would all be more applicable:

http://www.thehotpepper.com/forum/104-cooking-with-fire/

http://www.thehotpepper.com/forum/13-red-hot-recipes/

http://www.thehotpepper.com/forum/98-food-and-beverage/

Obviously, I'm still new here, but as I understand it the Throwdown Discussion and Throwdown forums are for .. well, throwdown discussion and throwdowns.
 
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