Recipe - Braised Greens With Beans And Onion Sweet-Sour Dressing

1 md Vidalia onion; halve, thinly
slice
3 lg Garlic cloves; crushed
1 teaspoon Olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper
Coarse salt

GREENS
3 cup Escarole; roughly chopped
4 cup Spinach leaves; roughly
chopped
1 bn Watercress; stems optional,
roughly chopped

BEANS
2 cup Cooked red kidney beans;
rinse and drained
4 tablespoon Lemon tarragon ff dressing;
bottled

OR
1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar
One fourth teaspoon Sugar

TO SERVE
2 tablespoon Grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoon Wheat germ; toasted
4 Breadsticks
1 cup White sauce
2 tablespoon Fontina cheese
4 Plums

In a very large saute or wok, combine onion and oil. Cook over mediumhigh
heat, stirring often. While it is cooking, peel and crush the garlic and
add it to the pan.

When fragrant (3 to 5 mins) add the escarole, increase heat to high and
stir fry to wilt (1 to 2 mins).

Add spinach and cress and cook very briefly (1 min).

Clear a space in the center of the pan and add the beans. Spread them a bit
to warm them. While they are warming add the bottled Tarragon flavored
honey mustard lemon dressing. (Original recipe suggests a small amount of
sweetened vinegar: vinegar to a measure of sugar, stir with a small rubber
spatula and add this to the beans; mix.)

Optional: If needed cover the pan and cook for a minute or two until beans
are heated through and the flavors are blended. Serve hot. **PER SERVING:
the dish, 139 cals, 2.3 g fat (15% of cals); the menu, 270 cals, 6.3 g fat
(20%).

MENU : Garlicky dish for summer goes well with a starch like polenta or
breadsticks; round out with a small amount of gorgonzola or fontina cheese
melted in a white sauce for the bread. Fresh fruit or fruity yogurt for
dessert.

PANTRY AND MARKET : Briannas (Del Sol Fod Co., Brenham, Texas) makes a fat
free Lemon Tarragon dressing: 2 tbsp (30ml) 35 cals. Avoid tough spinach
leaves for this dish. Skip the escarole and use romaine, or another
favorite, not too bittergreen. Vary by using different beans: fava,
cannellini

~ [ C R E D I T S ] 1996: Quick and healthy lowfat cooking from the
food editors of prevention magazine; Rodale (ISBN 0875963277paper). MC3
nutrition analysis for menu. 1997Aug: KitPATh on Elf: "A "do again!"
summer dish.

Recipe by: Prevention's Healthy Italian Cooking Posted to Digest
eatlf.v097.n200 by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Aug 08, 1997