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Mix all ingredients together and chow down. Good in Summer.
For a snack later on in the day, cilantro, nuts, chopped pineapple, shredded coconut or anything else you can think of can be added.
(Diabetics should only have this very lightly sweetened and only a little bit of fruit, as yogurt is already a carbohydrate. Check your yogurt label's nutrition facts for the grams of carbohydrate and add this to your diet according to your physician's instructions for your diet. Usually only 60 grams of Carbs are recommended per meal for type II diabetics. The mung beans are practically Carb free, but raisins are 30 whopping grams of carb per 1/4cup!!! Be careful.)
Believe it or not, this is really, really good and also kind of filling. Sounds unusual, but try it. You can also sprout your own mung beans by soaking 1/4 cup of beans in water over night and then pouring them into a collander lined with paper towels and covered lightly with damp paper towels or a paper plate. Rinse them twice a day, drain them well, keep them out of the light and within three days, you will have about three cups of tasty sprouts. You can let them grow up to eight days if you like them bigger. The last day, expose them to light and let the little leaves green up a bit. Store in Refrigerator, lightly wrapped in plastic wrap or in a vegetable crisper. Mung beans can be purchased in the dried bean section of most grocery stores, health food stores, Asian and Indian markets or on line at The Sprout People. They also have many sprouting containers. |
