Go Green with My Healthy Easy Recipe: Kale and White Beans
WebMD selected this easy kale recipe, Tasty Kale and White Beans from Holly Clegg’s Too Hot in the Kitchen cookbook for their slide show on “13 Ways to Eat More Greens.” Talk about exciting! WebMd believes in healthy cooking and Holly’s healthy easy recipes fit their guidelines. It’s not just for the environment—going green is also important for your health as foods such as kale, collard greens, spinach, and green cabbage offer a variety or fiber, nutrients, and vitamins. Pass up the iceberg lettuce and go for the deeper colored greens in your meals. Think about “go green” with what you eat!
Go Green with Delicious Easy Kale Recipes Featured On WebMD
Kale is all the rage these days and we were so excited when WebMD featured Tasty Kale and White Beans (recipe below) from trim&TERRIFIC Too Hot in the Kitchen: Secrets to Sizzle At Any Age cookbook. Italian country cooks have simmered greens and buttery white beans together for years. You will enjoy this updated simple kale recipe. Add Canadian bacon for a meaty flavor, plus it has less fat than regular bacon! With a few pantry friendly ingredients and a few minutes, this kale stir fry is done!
Slide show Featured recipe for Bok Choy Salad, and several other recipes on this ‘Cooking With Greens‘ slideshow.
| Servings 6 servings |
- 1/3 cup diced Canadian bacon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 pound kale chopped (about 6 cups)
- 1 (15-ounce) can Great northern beans rinsed and drained
- 1 cup fat-free chicken broth
- salt and pepper to taste
Ingredients
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- In large nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray over medium heat, cook Canadian bacon until turns golden brown, several minutes. Add oil and onion, sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add kale, beans and broth and cook, stirring, about 10 minutes or until kale is tender. Season to taste.
Calories 137 Calories from fat 21% Fat 3g Saturated Fat 1g Cholesterol 4mg Sodium 365mg Carbohydrate 20g Dietary Fiber 6g Sugars 2g Protein 8g Dietary Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 2 vegetable, 1/2 lean meat
Spicy Advice: Kale, from the cabbage family, is very nutritious with powerful antioxidants.
Surprise! This Is A Healthy Women’s Cookbook!
You’re probably surprised to find the recipes featured on the WebMd Greens Slide Show from Too Hot in the Kitchen cookbook! We like to call this a woman’s health cookbook but honestly, the book includes healthy easy recipes to get you to start cooking! All recipes include nutritional information. However, this book is so much fun and great reading. You’ll find yourself smiling with the chapter names and the great women’s quotes.
A fun women’s cookbook, Too Hot in the Kitchen, includes Quickies, Lovin’ No Oven and the Easy Entertaining chapters.
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