**Beans and Greens: A Southern Comfort Food Feast**
Beans and greens, a classic combination that has been enjoyed in the Southern United States for generations, is a hearty and flavorful dish that is perfect for any meal. Whether you're looking for a comforting weeknight dinner or a side dish for your next potluck, our collection of beans and greens recipes has something for everyone. From classic Southern recipes like collard greens and black-eyed peas to more unique dishes like green beans with bacon and almonds, our recipes are sure to satisfy your taste buds. So gather your ingredients, put on your apron, and let's get cooking!
GREENS AND BEANS
We serve this along with steak and a baked potato. You can drizzle some extra-virgin olive oil on top before serving. Serve with crusty Italian bread. Navy beans work in this, also.
Provided by GinaLovesFood
Categories Side Dish
Time 30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pour enough water into a large pot to be about 2 inches deep; bring to a boil. Stir 1 teaspoon salt into the boiling water; add escarole. Cook the escarole at a boil, pushing the escarole further into the water as it wilts, until it is fork-tender, 3 to 5 minutes; drain.
- Pour olive oil into the pot and place over medium heat. Cook and stir garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes in hot oil until the garlic is soft, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir drained escarole and cannellini beans into the garlic mixture; cook and stir until the beans are hot, 5 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the mixture just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.1 calories, Carbohydrate 13.5 g, Cholesterol 0.6 mg, Fat 7.6 g, Fiber 7.4 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 737.7 mg, Sugar 0.5 g
BRAISED WHITE BEANS AND GREENS WITH PARMESAN
Inspired by the Italian dish of sautéed puntarelle (a Italian variety of chicory) and white beans, this recipe makes a satisfying vegetarian main course or a hearty side dish for roast chicken or sausages. It opts for canned white beans, for the sake of weeknight convenience, and Swiss chard, which is much milder than puntarelle and easier to find in the U.S. Kale or escarole would also work well, if that's what you've got. On that note, grated Pecorino Romano cheese gives the broth a more pungent element, but Parmesan will work in its place. Serve in shallow bowls with toasted country bread to mop up the garlicky broth.
Provided by Lidey Heuck
Categories dinner, weekday, beans, vegetables, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a 12-inch skillet or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium. Add the fennel, onion and rosemary, and cook for 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add the garlic and red-pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Begin adding handfuls of the greens, cooking and stirring until leaves wilt.
- Add the white beans, broth and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then turn the heat to low and simmer, mashing some of the beans with a wooden spoon, until the liquid has reduced and thickened, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Off the heat, stir in the lemon juice, then the mozzarella, if using, and Pecorino Romano. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Divide among shallow bowls and top with more Pecorino Romano. Serve with toasted bread and a dish of red-pepper flakes on the side.
CHEF JOHN'S BEANS AND GREENS
Beans and greens has it all: it's very easy and inexpensive to make; it's highly nutritious; it's soulful and comforting; and it can be served as a main course, side dish, soup, vegetable stew, or my personal favorite--as an appetizer. This is my new favorite home version, and uses delicious, beautiful escarole.
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; cook, stirring, until bubbling and sizzling, about 20 seconds. Pour in chicken broth. Bring to a boil and cook until liquid is reduced by half, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in red pepper flakes.
- Stir in beans; bring to a boil and cook until you can see the tops of the beans just below the surface of the liquid, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in oregano, lemon zest, and anchovy filet. Simmer for 3 minutes.
- Place escarole in bean mixture; reduce heat to low and stir until escarole wilts, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste; garnish with red pepper flakes and extra virgin olive oil.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 203 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Cholesterol 3.9 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 9.1 g, Protein 7.8 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 1006.6 mg, Sugar 1 g
COLLARD GREENS AND BEANS
Caramelized onions, bacon, and cannellini beans add depth of flavor to collard greens. So delicious! Serve with a dollop of sour cream and/or a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
Provided by Melanie E.
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Greens
Time 2h35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place the bacon in a large, deep pan with a lid, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon pieces from the pan, and set aside.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, and stir the sliced onion into the hot bacon fat. Cook and stir the onion until it begins to brown, scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic, and cook and stir 4 more minutes. Return the bacon to the pan, stir in the collard greens, and toss gently until the greens are wilted, about 3 minutes.
- Pour in the water to almost cover the collard greens, and stir in the brown sugar, vinegar, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer the collard greens until very tender, 1 to 2 hours.
- About 1/2 hour before serving, stir the cannellini beans into the collard greens, and return to a simmer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 162.9 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Cholesterol 7.4 mg, Fat 3.5 g, Fiber 6.3 g, Protein 8.3 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 387.4 mg, Sugar 4.8 g
SAUTEED GREENS WITH CANNELLINI BEANS AND GARLIC
A great side, but also a nice vegetarian dinner when made with vegetable broth and served over rice.
Provided by Molly Stevens
Categories Garlic Side Sauté Vegetarian Low Cal High Fiber Low Sodium Dinner Kale Spinach Legume Spring Summer Healthy Low Cholesterol Mustard Greens Potluck Bon Appétit
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat 4 tablespoons oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and dried crushed pepper; stir until garlic is pale golden, about 1 minute. Add greens by large handfuls; stir just until beginning to wilt before adding more, tossing with tongs to coat with oil.
- Add 1 cup broth, cover, and simmer until greens are just tender, adding more broth by tablespoonfuls if dry, 1 to 10 minutes, depending on type of greens. Add beans; simmer uncovered until beans are heated through and liquid is almost absorbed, about 2 minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon vinegar. Season with salt and pepper, and more vinegar if desired; drizzle with remaining 1 tablespoon oil and serve.
SMOKY BEANS AND GREENS ON TOAST
Beans and greens are great on almost every carb: in tortillas as tacos, over rice, on flatbread. They're also good without any carb at all, served in a bowl as a side. But whenever skillet-fried toast is an option, I take it. This is dinner food for me, but it also makes a good brunch with a fried egg on each plate.
Provided by David Tamarkin
Categories Epi Recipe Club #cook90 Dinner Bean Bacon Paprika Kale Leafy Green Garlic
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat a large, heavy (preferably cast-iron) skillet over medium. Brush the bread on both sides with the olive oil. Lay the bread in the skillet and cook, pressing occasionally with a spatula, until crisp and golden brown, about 90 seconds per side. (If your slices are large, you may have to do this in two batches.) Set the bread aside.
- Heat a Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring frequently, until it has browned a little and rendered at least a tablespoon of fat, about 4 minutes. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until it has softened and turned golden, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic, paprika, thyme (if using), red pepper flakes, and, if you're using canned beans, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and cook, stirring, for a minute or two.
- Add the slightly wet kale in batches, using tongs to stir the leaves into the onion mixture; wait for one handful of kale to wilt and shrink before adding the next. When the last of the greens has been added, add the beans and broth. Raise the heat and let the beans and greens simmer for a minute or two, just to warm the beans and bring the flavors together. Taste and add more kosher salt if necessary.
- Serve the greens and beans over the toast in wide, shallow bowls, dusted with a little more smoked paprika.
STEWED COLLARD GREENS AND WHITE BEANS
Cannellini beans are full of fiber and protein. Collards, rich in vitamins A and K and calcium, are in the cancer-fighting cruciferous family. Parmesan rind -- don't toss it! -- lends an incredibly rich flavor. (No bacon required.) Use leftovers to make a Collard Greens and White Beans Quesadilla.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes Dinner Side Dishes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cover beans with 3 inches of water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cover for 1 hour. Drain.
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes until tender, about 4 minutes. Add collard greens in batches, stirring until wilted. Add beans, Parmesan rind, and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until beans and greens are tender, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Season with salt and vinegar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 350 g, Cholesterol 6 g, Fat 10 g, Fiber 12 g, Protein 19 g, Sodium 168 g
BEANS AND GREENS POLENTA BAKE
Layering and baking sautéed garlicky greens, beans, and Parmesan on top of make-ahead Parmesan Polenta creates a super fast, pantry-friendly weeknight dinner that's sort of like a polenta pizza.
Provided by Anna Stockwell
Categories Garlic Olive Oil Kale Vinegar Parmesan Dinner Quick & Easy Wheat/Gluten-Free Vegetarian
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Pour warm polenta into a large ovenproof skillet or a ceramic baking dish or metal baking pan and spread into an even layer (ideally about 1" thick). Let cool, then cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 week.
- Preheat oven to 500°F. Heat garlic and ¼ cup oil in a large skillet over medium, stirring occasionally, until garlic is fragrant and starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Add beans and red pepper flakes (if using), then, working in batches, add kale, letting it wilt slightly after each addition before adding more, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and evenly darkened in color, about 3 minutes. Stir in vinegar and salt and cook, still stirring occasionally, until liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in ¼ cup Parmesan.
- Scrape kale mixture over prepared polenta and spread into an even layer. Drizzle with more oil and sprinkle with more Parmesan.
- Transfer skillet to oven and bake until polenta is warmed through and topping is lightly crisped and browned, 8-10 minutes.
BEANS AND GREENS
Tired of your kids not eating greens? Try mixing escarole with tender cannellini beans for an enticing side dish. You can substitute kale for the escarole.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Quick & Easy Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion, and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes. Add garlic, and cook 2 minutes more. Add escarole, and stir slowly, allowing it to wilt slightly. Add chicken stock, thyme, and salt; reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the beans, and continue to simmer until most of the liquid is absorbed and the greens are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Serve warm, garnished with grated Parmesan cheese.
ITALIAN GREENS AND BEANS WITH SAUSAGE VARIATION
Make and share this Italian Greens and Beans With Sausage Variation recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Honeyspidey
Categories Greens
Time 50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- I process onions and garlic lightly, then saute them in olive oil until they are transparent in a good-sized pot on medium. (I suppose you could chop these things, but why? Also, by "good-sized" I mean a pot that will contain all of the escarole leaves).
- Add sausage and cook thoroughly, but not overly. Turn up the heat a bit.
- When sausage is looking about done, add tomato chopped to your liking. I chop it small.
- Add the cleaned and rinsed escarole. Sometimes Escarole heads can be really big or pretty puny. Since 2 puny heads (~size of a larger grapefruit) = 1 really big head (~size of a football), opt for whatever combination you can get. To clean it, I just take off a bunch of leaves, rinse them under cold water, snap them in half, and throw them in the pot. Don't worry about water getting into the pot. Let the escarole cook all the way down to the point you see the lines at the base of the leaf. You'll see what I mean. Don't undercook it. You'll taste it and it's not a good taste. At this point I rely on the taste test to know when it's done.
- Once escarole is sufficiently wilted, add your canellini beans. Of course, make sure they are sufficiently rinsed then drained. Heat them thoroughly.
- Add chicken stock, more or less depending on how soupy you want it. The broth is so good that you may want to make it soupy, which I did the second time around!
- Let it simmer until the outer layer sheds off of the canellini beans. Serve with some warm crusty bread (I use the whole grain because it's SBD-friendly) and enjoy!
BEANS, GREENS AND GARLIC SOUP
This wholesome soup is quick and easy to make, and filled with lots of garlic flavor!
Provided by Lisa Stinger
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Stir in the garlic and onions; cook and stir until the onions are transparent, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the chicken broth, increase the heat to high, and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Stir in the beans and pasta; lower heat to medium, and simmer, uncovered, until the pasta is al dente, or 8 to 10 minutes. Add the spinach and stir just until wilted. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 185.9 calories, Carbohydrate 28 g, Fat 5.3 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 6.9 g, SaturatedFat 0.7 g, Sodium 189.9 mg, Sugar 1.5 g
TUNA STEAK AU POIVRE WITH WHITE BEANS AND BITTER GREENS SALAD
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- If you are planning to roast your red pepper, rather than use store bought, place your pepper under broiler to blacken. See red pepper method below.
- Preheat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Pat tuna steaks dry and season with a little coarse salt. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over tuna and lightly coat steaks on both sides. Coat 1 side of the steaks with a generous amount of coarse ground black pepper. When the pan is very hot, add steaks, peppered side down. Sear and brown steaks 2 minutes, then turn, and immediately reduce heat to medium. Loosely cover pan with aluminum foil tent and allow steaks to cook 5 minutes for rare, 7 minutes for medium. Steaks should be firm, but have a little give and some pink should remain at the center.
- In a second skillet over moderate heat, coat pan with olive oil, add garlic and onion, and saute 3 minutes to soften onion bits. Add beans and chopped roasted red pepper to the pan. Heat beans through, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in rosemary and parsley and season beans with salt and pepper.
- Combine escarole and radicchio in shallow dish. Coat greens with lemon juice, then a drizzle of oil. Season salad with coarse salt and toss well.
- To serve, pile a serving of beans on a dinner plate and top with tuna steak. Serve salad greens along side beans and fish. You can also serve this with sliced bread that has been toasted and then rubbed with half a garlic clove.
- To roast red peppers: Preheat broiler to high. Split and seed pepper and place skin side up close to hot broiler. Blacken skins of pepper. Transfer pepper to brown paper bag and seal. Let pepper cool to handle. Peel charred skins away from pepper flesh.
ORECCHIETTE WITH GREENS, GARBANZO BEANS AND RICOTTA SALATA
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 26m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant and lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, remove the garlic and discard. Add the Swiss chard and cook until wilted. In batches, add the spinach and cook until wilted. Add the beans and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat. Add the pasta, 1/2 of the cheese, and lemon zest. Toss well and thin out the sauce with a little pasta water, if needed.
- Transfer to a large serving bowl and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and serve.
WHITE BEANS WITH RADISHES, MISO AND GREENS
In this 10-minute take on beans and greens, creamy white beans are sautéed in butter and garlic, then crunchy radishes and tender greens are stirred in at the end for texture and crunch. White miso, a fermented soybean paste that's worth seeking out if it's not already in your fridge, provides a complex, umami flavor that pairs well with the mild beans. Finish the dish with a good squeeze of lemon to add brightness and balance out the salty miso. Serve these beans on their own, or alongside grilled shrimp or salmon. Any leftover miso paste can be whisked into salad dressings and marinades, or used as a base for a quick weeknight soup.
Provided by Colu Henry
Time 10m
Yield 2 to 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a small bowl, whisk the miso with 1/4 cup water until dissolved. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat until it foams. Add the garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the beans and toss to coat with the garlic butter. Add the miso mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until the flavors have melded and the beans are warmed through, about 2 minutes. The beans should be a bit saucy, so thin it out with a tablespoon or so of water if needed.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the greens and radishes. Gently toss until the greens are just wilted. Squeeze with lemon juice, season with pepper and gently toss again.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 369, UnsaturatedFat 5 grams, Carbohydrate 47 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 354 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams
ITALIAN BEANS AND GREENS
This is a go to recipe for me for pot luck. It is always a hit. Even among people who don't think they like beans or greens. If I make it as a side dish instead of a main, I substitute quartered sauteed mushrooms for the Italian sausage. The Kale is one of the big bags in the produce section. Of course, you can chop your own. I also roast my own garlic on the weekends and save in a jar. It's really worth it for this dish. This is great on it's own, on top of or with with slices of crusty bread. It's hard to mess this dish up. Just don't under cook the kale or it will be too tough.
Provided by SparkleKristy
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Simmer kale in a large pot of salted water until al dente, drain.
- (Can refrigerate kale after cooked for dish preparation at another time.).
- Pre-heat a large pot or frying pan. Add olive oil to taste.
- Saute chopped shallot until translucent.
- Remove skin from the Italian sausage, Break up into bite sized chunks.
- Add sausage to the shallots and brown / cook sausage completely.
- Add drained beans to the sausage.
- Add roasted garlic, sea salt and pepper to taste and stir / flip mixture gently while cooking for 5 minutes.
- If the beans start to stick, add a little water.
- Add cooked kale.
- Add a little water to make a small amount of thick sauce.
- Cover with a lid and simmer for 5 minutes or until ready to serve.
- Also very good made a head and reheated.
- It will keep for a week.
SAUTEED MIXED GREENS WITH WHITE BEANS AND GARLIC
Fresh greens combine with pantry classics of olive oil, crushed red pepper and canned cannellini beans in this simple and nutritious side dish that pairs well with hearty entrees, or serve with a side of hot cornbread for a southern meal. This dish can be made with a mix of your favorite greens such as spinach, mustard greens, curly endive, escarole, kale and broccoli rabe. NOTE: Make sure fresh greens are rinsed several times in sinkful of water to free dirt and debris; rinse greens until water is clear. Remove any tough stems. From Whole Foods Market recipes.
Provided by kitty.rock
Categories < 30 Mins
Time 22m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and pepper flakes and cook, stirring often, until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
- Add greens (in batches) and cook, tossing often, until wilted and bright green, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Transfer greens to colander as done and drain.
- Return skillet to heat.
- Add broth to skillet and deglaze, scraping up any browned bits.
- Add beans and simmer until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Return greens to skillet, toss gently and season with salt and pepper to taste.
ITALIAN GREENS AND BEANS W/ SAUSAGE
another family favorite. hearty warm comfort food :)
Provided by Erin Kane Warner
Time 1h30m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. dice onion and saute until caramelized and soft
- 2. mince and add garlic to onions
- 3. peal the skin off the raw sausage and crumble as small as possible...add to onion and garlic.
- 4. cook all 3 ingredients till just done and turn off heat.
- 5. in a large pot add 1 1/2 cans of broth and bring to a boil,
- 6. pull apart lettuce leaves, rinse and rip, ( i like the thick stemmy parts at the end, it gives good texture)add to broth.
- 7. after you add the escarole to the water, stir, add meat mixture, and beans. simmer for about 30 to 45 minutes.
- 8. top your Italian greens and beans with Parmesan and enjoy.
COLLARD GREENS AND RED BEANS
Another Kwanzaa recipe that needs a home on Zaar. This is very tart, reduce the vinegar if you prefer. Found in Chicago Tribune, I haven't tried this yet.
Provided by Hey Jude
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 32m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat; add the garlic; cook until fragrant, 1 minute; add the greens, vinegar, water and hot sauce; cook, stirring often, until greens slightly soften, about 5 minutes.
- Cover; cook 5 more minutes.
- Add the beans with 1/2 cup of the beans cooking liquid (if using canned beans, use water), cover; cook until the collards are tender, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in salt, pepper and more hot sauce to taste.
BAKED EGGS WITH BEANS AND GREENS
Consider this a heartier version of the classic Italian dish "eggs in purgatory," which works well for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It's also very forgiving. If you'd rather keep this a vegetarian meal, skip the sausage. No chickpeas? No problem. Any white bean will work well in its place. Same with the greens. Use what you have (anything that wilts works). Sprinkling the dish with grated cheese before serving is not required, but it sure does taste good. Serve with thick slices of toasted sesame bread slathered with plenty of softened butter.
Provided by Colu Henry
Categories brunch, dinner, weekday, weeknight, sausages, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium heat. If using the sausage, add to the pan and cook, breaking it into 1/2-inch pieces, by pressing with the back of spatula or wooden spoon until crisp and cooked through, about 8 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add the onion to the skillet and cook until softened, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chickpeas and the garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Season with salt. Add the sausage back to the pan along with the tomatoes and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer and gradually add in the chopped greens by the handful, tossing together until wilted. Season with salt.
- Using a spoon, create hollows in the sauce and gently crack the eggs into each, and season the eggs with salt and pepper. Transfer to the oven and cook until the eggs are set, about 7 to 9 minutes. Scatter the herbs on top along with a tablespoon or two of grated cheese, if using.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 229, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 23 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 13 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 702 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
PASTA SHELLS WITH BEANS, GREENS, AND SAUSAGE
From Weight Watchers Simply Delicious. Per 1 1/2 c. serving: 413 calories, 7 g fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 68 g carb, 7 g fiber, 20 g protein. 8 points.
Provided by ratherbeswimmin
Categories Pasta Shells
Time 35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add in the sausage; brown the sausage, breaking it apart with a spoon; drain browned sausage on a paper-towel lined plate.
- Add garlic and sage to the same skillet; stir/saute for about 30 seconds or until fragrant.
- Add in the beans, spinach, and broth; bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer about 5 minutes or until the spinach is just tender.
- Add in drained pasta, sausage, salt, and pepper; simmer until well heated; adjust seasoning to taste.
Tips:
- Soak the beans overnight: This will help to reduce the cooking time and make the beans more digestible.
- Use a variety of beans: This will add flavor and texture to the dish. Some good options include black beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, and chickpeas.
- Add vegetables: Vegetables will add nutrients and flavor to the dish. Some good options include kale, collard greens, mustard greens, and turnips.
- Season the dish well: Use a variety of spices and herbs to add flavor to the dish. Some good options include garlic, onion, cumin, paprika, and chili powder.
- Simmer the dish for a long time: This will help to develop the flavors and make the beans and greens tender.
Conclusion:
Beans and greens is a delicious and nutritious dish that is perfect for a winter meal. It is easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste. So next time you are looking for a hearty and healthy meal, give beans and greens a try.
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