Down-Home Green Beans Recipe

1 tsp olive oil
1/4 cup minced onion
2 oz canadian bacon, minced
3 cup green beans, cut into 3-inch - lengths
1/2 cup low-fat, low-sodium chicken - broth
fresh ground pepper

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and saut? for 3
minutes.

Add the bacon and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove the bacon
mixture from the skillet.

Add the green beans and broth to the skillet. Cover and steam for 3
minutes.

Return the bacon mixture to the skillet and mix well.

Season with pepper and serve.

Exchanges: Vegetable Exchange -- 1 Monounsaturated Fat Exchange -- 1/2
Calories -- 47 Calories from Fat -- 16 Total Fat -- 2g Saturated Fat -- 0g
Cholesterol -- 5mg Sodium -- 131mg Carbohydrate -- 6g Dietary Fiber -- 2g
Sugars -- 2g Protein -- 3g

Recipe for Sunday, 3/1/98 This week we are featuring an array of
traditional African American recipes in celebration of Black History Month
and to help launch our new African American Program. Today's recipe is from
the cookbook Memorable Menus Made Easy. You can order a copy of this and
many other cookbooks from our online bookstore or call 1-800-ADA-ORDER
(1-800-232-6733).

Copyright ? 1998 American Diabetes Association

MC Fortmatted and MC Busted by Barb at PK <abprice@wf.net>

NOTES : 6 servings/Serving size: 1/2 cup

Posted to RecipeLu List by "abprice@wf.net" <abprice@wf.net> on Mar 12,
1998.





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Contributor: American Diabetes Association

Preparation Time: 0:20

Serves: 1

Is this Down-Home Green Beans Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Down-Home Green Beans recipe is part of our collection of diabetic Bean recipes. As we don`t know your special medical problems & the advice your medical team has given you, we can`t say for sure that this Down-Home Green Beans recipe is acceptable for you. All the same, as the original compiler labeled it as `diabetic` it should suggest that it, if nothing else, meets the minimum consideration for the label `diabetic`, being low fat and low carb and as a result should be healthier than the non-diabetic equivalent recipe. Nevertheless, this Down-Home Green Beans recipe must only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the ingredients are OK for you.

This Down-Home Green Beans Recipe is one from the diabetic Bean recipes section. Clearly, it would be completely impractical for us to validate each of the diabetic Bean recipes to certify that they are 100% adapted for people with diabetes. Our diabetic recipe collection has in excess of two thousand diabetic recipes in it, & to check each recipe at a rate of one each day would take more than 72 months. You should read the recipe ingredients with due care to ensure that they comply with the nutritional advice your nutritionalist has provided. If you feel that this Down-Home Green Beans recipe is not safe for sufferers of diabetes, please let us know & we will modify or remove it from our diabetes friendly recipe collection.

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