Title: Creole Jambalaya
Categories: Cajun Shellfish Diabetic
Yield: 8 Servings

3/4	c	Chopped Onion
1/2	c	Chopped Celery
1/4	c	Chopped Green Pepper
2		Garlic cloves (minced)
2	tb	Butter or Margerine
2	c	Cubed Fully Cooked Ham
1		Can (28 oz) Tomatoes with
		Liquid (cut up)
1		Can (10 1/2 oz) Condensed
		Beef Broth
1	c	Uncooked Long Grain White
		Rice
1	c	Water
1	ts	Sugar
1	ts	Dried Thyme
1/2	ts	Chili Powder
1/4	ts	Pepper
1 1/2	lb	Fresh or Frozen Uncooked
		Shrimp, Peeled and Deveined
1	tb	Chopped Fresh Parsley

In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in butter until tender. Add next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add shrimp and parsley: simmer uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, 7-10 min.

Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (prepared with margerine and low-sodium tomatoes and beef broth) equals 3 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, also 310 calories, 464 mg sodium, 154 mg cholesterol, 28 gm carbohydrate, 31 gm protein, 8 gm fat.

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