Sierra Providence Health Network, University Medical Center, the NM Department of Health, Texas Tech University, the City of El Paso Public Health Department, and the EPDA present the 8th Annual FACES of Diabetes Symposium on Friday October 7, 2011 at the Marriott El Paso Airport Hotel. Registration is now open. This year, we are offering continuing education credit for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, certified health educators, and other allied health care providers.

CHIPOTLE CHICKEN

Ingredients:

4 chicken drumsticks with thighs and skinless

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts with the wing

4 garlic cloves

½ onion

¼ teaspoon salt

1 sprig of cilantro

8 seasoned (adobados) chipotle chiles

1 roasted, peeled tomato

3 tablespoons olive oil

 Preparation:

 Sear the chicken pieces. Rinse them quickly with cold water and start cooking them in a large pan on medium heat with the garlic, the onion, the cilantro, salt to taste, and enough water to cover them. When the chicken is cooked, remove the pan from the heat.

Meanwhile, blend the chile and tomato in a blender and then heat up 1 teaspoon of oil in a frying pan and put in the chile and tomato combination and fry for 5 minutes. Add ½ cup of broth from the chicken and add the seasoning. Let the sauce boil at low heat for 5 minutes and then remove from the fire.

In another pan, heat up the leftover oil at medium heat and fry the chicken pieces in it until they turn brown.

Now heat the sauce again and put the chicken pieces in it, stirring them constantly until the sauce has almost evaporated. Remove the pan from the heat and put the chicken in a previously warmed large plate and take it to the table immediately.

Serve the chicken with unpeeled potatoes.

MAKES 4 SERVINGS

Exchanges:      Starch              0

Nutritional Value Per Serving:

Calories                                163

Total Fat                               7.1 g

Carbohydrates                      2.9 g

Sodium                                 175.3 mg

Spicy Shrimp Quesadillas
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray, 1 small chopped zucchini, ½ cup chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper, 2 cloves minced garlic, ½ teaspoon chili powder, ½  teaspoon ground cumin, 8 (6-inch) flour tortillas, 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded low sodium Cheddar cheese,
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro.

Preparation: Spray large nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium heat until hot. Add zucchini, onion, bell pepper, garlic, chili powder, and cumin; cook for 4 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Remove vegetables; set aside. Spoon vegetable mixture evenly over half of each tortilla. Sprinkle each evenly with cheese and cilantro. Fold each tortilla in half. Add tortillas to pan and heat 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat until lightly browned. Cut into thirds before serving.

Exchanges:
Starch 1 ½

Nutritional Value:
Calories 210
Total Fat 2.1 g
Carbohydrates 24 g
Sodium 261.5 mg
Makes 4 servings

EPDA Healthy Tip
 
 Cook two meals at once so that you will have one meal ready on nights you just don’t have time to cook.

Great article on diabetes on the border and the EPDA: http://borderzine.com/2011/07/diabetes-affects-thousands-in-el-paso-but-the-diabetes-association-is-on-their-side/

2011 Camp Lydia Mann pictures now available under the gallery tab. 

It is easy to say that resources in El Paso are limited but why is that the case? El Paso now boasts of a population of over 800,000 inhabitants. Those numbers would suggest that El Paso has the resources to take care of itself. I know this is painting a simplistic picture but imagine with me, every adult in El Paso (over 200,000) deciding that they have had enough of diabetes. Each adult donates $20.00 per year to the EPDA. This would be the equivalent of 4 million dollars or more. Would diabetes change in El Paso with an investment of 4 million dollars per year over a span of two to three years? I think yes. What do you think?

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