Sautéed beans with all the Tuscan flavor to make your low GI diet more palatable.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1⁄4 cups zucchini (peeled and chopped)
1⁄2 cup celery (sliced)
1⁄2 cup bell pepper (red, diced)
1 teaspoon oregano (dried)
1 cup tomato (diced)
1 can bean (canellini beans, rinsed and drained, 15 oz can)
1 cup spinach (chopped)
1⁄4 teaspoon salt
1 pinch pepper (black pepper)
1⁄2 cup cheese (pre-shredded fat-free mozzarella cheese, about 2 oz)
2 sprigs rosemary
Instructions
Heat oil in skillet. Add zucchini and next 5 ingredients, sauté 10 min.
Stir in tomato, beans, and rosemary, cook 5 min.
Add spinach, salt, pepper to zucchini mixture. Cook until spinach wilts.
Sprinkle with cheese. Cover & let stand until cheese begins to melt.
Yield
4 servings
Preparation time
10 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Total time
40 minutes
Notes
Discard the rosemary sprigs before serving.
You can substitute cannellini bans with any white beans of your choice.
Source
easy, sauté, simmer
beans, appetizer, side dish, main
American food recipes
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