Pork Chops With Tomato Rice, Homemade Salad Dressing and a Bundt Cake All Diabetic Friendly

It's time to bring out the economical family recipes to help struggling families with their food budgets.  Here is a menu that will allow you to feed your family without busting your food budget.  We start with Pork Chops with Tomato-Rice.  In this one dish you have your meat, grain, and a vegetable.  Add Homemade Russian Salad Dressing to salad greens with a shredded carrot, and finish off your meal with a dessert of Applesauce-Raisin-Cinnamon bundt cake which adds fruit to your menu.  There you have it--an easy, tasty, economical meal for your family.  And the whole menu is diabetic friendly.
PORK CHOPS WITH TOMATO-RICE
4 thick pork chops
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 can (16oz) can stewed tomatoes
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
In a large, heavy, deep skillet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, brown chops on both sides.  Season with salt and pepper.  Add tomatoes and water; sprinkle with rice.  Cover tightly and cook over very low heat for 50 to 60 minutes or until chops are tender.  Add more water if necessary later in the cooking process.
HOMEMADE RUSSIAN SALAD DRESSING
1 cup olive oil
1 cup catsup
1 cup Splenda
2/3 cup cider vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic, chopped
Place all ingredients in blendar jar.  Pulse until well blended.  Store in refrigerator in a cruet or jar with lid.

APPLESAUCE-RAISIN-CINNAMON CAKE
3 cups water, divided
1 1/4 cups raisins
2 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
3 eggs, beaten, or 3/4 cup egg substitute
1 1/2 cups Equal Sugar-Lite
1 cup canola oil
3 cups self-rising flour
3 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp vanilla extract
Non-stick vegetable oil spray
In a large heavy-duty saucepan, combine 2 1/2 cups water and the raisins; bring to a boil.  Continue boiling until water is gone.  Remove from the heat.  Add applesauce, eggs, Equal, oil and remaining water.  Stir to combine well.  Sift together flour, cinnamon, and soda.  Gradually add flour mixture to the applesauce mixture, stirring after each addition. 
Spray a 10-inch Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray.  Spoon batter into pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing from pan.  Cool on a wire rack.
Cake should be cut into 28 thin serving slices.  Diabetics should only eat one serving per day.

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