*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           VIDALIA ONION FLOWER

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Serving Size  : 2    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Vegetarian                       Main dish
                Side dish

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       lg           Vidalia onion
                        Vegetable spray
   2       ts           Margarine, soy or safflower
                        Salt
                        Pepper -- ground
   1       tb           Pecans -- chopped

   With sharp knife, carefully peel onion and trim root
  end, leaving it intact. Standing onion on its root
  end, cut parallel vertical slices at 1/4-inch
  intervals into, but not through, onion, stopping aout
  1/2 inch above root end. Rotate onion 90 degrees; cut
  parallel vertical slices in same manner to form a
  crosshatch pattern, keeping onion intact. Coat
  microwave-safe pie plate with vegetable spray. Place
  onion, root end down, in center of pie plate. Drizzle
  with margarine, and season with salt and pepper to
  taste.
  
   Cover with waxed paper and microwave on High (100%
  power) 3 minutes. Baste with cooking liquid and rotate
  dish. Cover and microwave on High 3 to 4 minutes
  longer, or until onion spreads open into a "flower."
  Sprinkle flower with pecans; microwave on High 1 to 2
  minutes longer, or until flower appears translucent.
   With wide spatula, remove onion flower from pie plate
  to serving plate.
  
   Per serving: About 65 cal, 1 g pro, 12 g carb, 2 g
  fat, 28% cal from fat, 0 mg chol, 31 mg sod
  
   From _Low-Fat Meals_ (Woman's Day) Vol III, Number 5
 


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