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limas and spinach

Prep Time:

10

Mins

Cook Time:

15

Mins

Serves:

4

About the Recipe

not your mother�s lima beans, this dish is full of flavor as well as fiber

Ingredients

2 C frozen lima beans

� C onion, chopped

1 C fennel bulb, rinsed and cut into

4-inch strips

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

� C low-sodium chicken broth

1 bag (10 oz) leaf spinach, rinsed

1 Tbsp distilled vinegar

1/8 tsp ground black pepper

1 Tbsp dried chives

Preparation

1 In a saucepan, steam or boil lima beans in unsalted

water for about 10 minutes. Drain.

2 In saut� pan, saut� onion and fennel in oil.

3 Add beans and chicken broth to saut� pan, and

cover. Cook for 2 minutes.

4 Stir in spinach. Cover and cook until spinach has

wilted, about 2 minutes.

5 Stir in vinegar and pepper. Cover and let stand for

30 seconds.

6 Sprinkle with chives and serve.

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