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Ingredients
Vegetable cooking spray, as needed
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 can red beans - (15 oz ea), drained
= (or substitute your favorite bean
red beans)
1/2 lb fully-cooked low-fat turkey sausage, cut 1/4" slices
1 can tomato sauce - (8 oz)
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce
3 cup hot cooked rice
Hot pepper sauce, (optional)
Directions
Coat Dutch oven with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat until
hot. Add onion, celery, green pepper and garlic. Cook 2 to 3 minutes.
Add beans, sausage, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper and
pepper sauce. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Serve beans with
rice and pepper sauce.
This recipe yields 6 servings.
Exchanges Per Serving: 3 Starch, 1 Meat, 1 Vegetable.
Nutrition Facts: Calories 300; Calories from Fat 6%; Total Fat 2g;
Saturated Fat 1g; Protein 17g; Carbohydrates 54g; Cholesterol 18mg;
Sodium 974mg; Dietary Fiber 11g.
Source:
"Diabetic Cooking at http://www.diabeticcooking.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"08-20-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Publications International Ltd, 2002"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 132 Calories; trace Fat (2.2%
calories from fat); 3g Protein; 29g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg
Cholesterol; 25mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Vegetable; 0
Other Carbohydrates.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Contributor: n/a
Preparation Time: 0:00
Servings: 6
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