Italian Greens and Beans With Sausage Variation Recipe

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Italian Greens and Beans With Sausage Variation
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
545
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. 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).
  2. Add sausage and cook thoroughly, but not overly. Turn up the heat a bit.
  3. When sausage is looking about done, add tomato chopped to your liking. I chop it small.
  4. 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.
  5. Once escarole is sufficiently wilted, add your canellini beans. Of course, make sure they are sufficiently rinsed then drained. Heat them thoroughly.
  6. 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!
  7. 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!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 545.47 Kcal (2284 kJ)
Calories from fat 441.16 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49.02g 75%
Cholesterol 88.24mg 29%
Sodium 1916.81mg 80%
Potassium 638.06mg 14%
Total Carbs 8.05g 3%
Sugars 0.49g 2%
Dietary Fiber 1.32g 5%
Protein 19.08g 38%
Vitamin C 13.9mg 23%
Iron 1.3mg 7%
Calcium 65mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 121.85 Kcal (510 kJ)
Calories from fat 98.54 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.95g 75%
Cholesterol 19.71mg 29%
Sodium 428.17mg 80%
Potassium 142.53mg 14%
Total Carbs 1.8g 3%
Sugars 0.11g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.29g 5%
Protein 4.26g 38%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 23%
Iron 0.3mg 7%
Calcium 14.5mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.7
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • sugar free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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