October - Day of Chemotherapy

Yam Biscuits

“Quickly whip up these biscuits with pantry friendly ingredients. By including yams, you're including nutrition. Make larger biscuits to use for sandwiches.” – Holly Clegg, coauthor of Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment

Ingredients

* 1 (15-ounce) can sweet potatoes (yams), drained and mashed
* 4 cups all-purpose baking mix
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 3/4 cup skim milk
* 3 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. In mixing bowl, mix mashed yams with baking mix and cinnamon. Add milk and margarine to the mixture, stirring until blended.
3. Roll on floured surface to 1-inch thickness. Cut with 2-inch cutter or glass and place on baking sheet.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 2 dozen

Nutritional information per serving

* Calories - 110
* Protein (g) - 2
* Carbohydrate (g) - 16
* Fat (g) - 5
* Calories from Fat (%) - 36
* Saturated Fat (g) - 1
* Dietary Fiber (g) - 1
* Cholesterol (mg) - 0
* Sodium (mg) - 282
* Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat

Doc's Notes

Sweet potatoes are rich in beta carotene, and Vitamins C and B. For extra calories, substitute vanilla nutritional energy drink supplement for skim milk. It's a great way to sneak extra vitamins and calories into your diet. No bananas if your blood counts are low.

Holly coauthors the bestselling cookbook, Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment with oncologist, Gerald Miletello, MD. This book focuses on the foods best tolerated and those that ease the symptoms during cancer treatment. The chapters are divided into the side effects a person experiences during treatment. This book proves to be one of Holly's most rewarding endeavors; making a difference in someone's life.

Holly's message, which comes through in her Trim & Terrific™ cookbook series is simple: food that is good for you can be delicious and easy to prepare. Holly's reputation for her healthier approach continually garners national media coverage through television appearances and columns in national food magazines and Internet food sites. A Fort Worth, TX native, Holly personally tests all of her recipes in her Baton Rouge, Louisiana home. She is a wife and mother of three children.

http://www.hollyclegg.com