Name: Onion Flowers 'n' Dip
Ingredients: 4 lg Yellow onions, about 3/4 lb. each; 1/2 c Nonfat buttermilk; 2/3 c Each all-purpose flour and cornmeal; 1/4 ts Cayenne pepper (up to 1/2); 3/4 ts Salt; Olive-oil nonstick cooking spray; 1/2 c Plain low-fat yogurt; 1/4 c Low-fat mayonnaise; 1/2 c Finely chopped cucumber; 2 ts Lime juice

Another occasion where alcohol is sinful is when our drinking causes another Christian to stumble. In Romans 14:12 we read, “It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles.” The same principle is repeated in 1 Corinthians 8 where we are told to not take our liberties in Christ and use them to erect “a stumbling block to the weak” (1 Cor. 8:9). As long as sin is not involved, believers have Christian freedom to use alcohol if their conscience permits. However, God is very concerned that our freedoms do not cause another brother or sister in Christ to stumble. The Greek word for stumble is “skandalon.” What we are talking about here is someone for whatever reason chooses to refrain from alcohol but is now being tempted to drink by your consumption of alcohol in their presence. The Christian premise – we always restrict our freedoms if it means honoring the convictions of those we love in Christ.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Yellow onions, about 3/4 lb. each
1/2	c	Nonfat buttermilk
2/3	c	Each all-purpose flour and cornmeal
1/4	ts	Cayenne pepper (up to 1/2)
3/4	ts	Salt
		Olive-oil nonstick cooking spray
1/2	c	Plain low-fat yogurt
1/4	c	Low-fat mayonnaise
1/2	c	Finely chopped cucumber
2	ts	Lime juice

INSTRUCTIONS

pre-heat oven to 425F. Coat roasting pan with cooking spray. Peel onions;
place stem-side down. Cut onions into wedges up to ends but not through. In
microwave on plate, cook onions 10-12 minutes. Cool. Place buttermilk in
small bowl, mix next four ingredients. Dip onions in buttermilk, allowing
excess to drip off. Dip inflour mixture, turning to coat onion well. Place
stem-side down on pan. Spray onions generoulsly with cooking spray. Bake 35
minutes until browned and tender. In bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
Serve cucumber dip with onions.
Makes 8 servings
Per serving: Cal 141 Pro 4g Carb 28g Fat 2g Chol 1mg Sod 289mg
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Maria <maria@DOTCOM.BC.CA> on Jul 8, 1997

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