Date tapioca

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:

1 Egg separated 1/8 ts Salt
2 c Skim milk 12 Dates quartered
3 tb Tapioca 3/4 ts Vanilla

Instructions:

Beat egg yolk. Mix in saucepan with milk tapioca and salt. LeZ YOnd 5 min. Beat egg white until stiff. Set aside. (My note: my mixer will beat a large egg white but not a medium one.) Bring tapioca mixture to a boil over medium heat. Add dates and cook stirring constantly 6 to 8 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat add vanilla. Gently fold tapioca mixture into egg white. Cool at room temperature stirring occasionally. Refrigerate until chilled. 1/2 cup serving - 155 calories 2 Starch/Bread exchange 6.2 gm protein 1.7 gm fat 30.1 gm carbohydrate 145.8 mg sodium 384.8 mg potassium 2.2 gm fiber 70 mg cholesterol. Source: Am. Diabetes Assoc. Family Cookbook Vol 1 1987 Shared but not tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93