Recipe: Great Northern Beans With Tomatoes and Herbs

This quick and easy recipe can serve as either a simple side for your grilled entrée or as a vegetarian main course. Either way, you’ll feel satisfied!

Ingredients

2, 15.5-ounce cans Great Northern beans
Olive oil cooking spray
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
5 large plum tomatoes, chopped
1/3 cup dry red wine
1 sprig fresh rosemary
4 fresh sage leaves, chopped
Freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. Place the beans in a colander and rinse well under cold water. Set aside.
2. Coat a nonstick pot with cooking spray. Add the onion and carrot. Sauté for 5 minutes over medium heat, until the onion wilts.
3. Add the garlic and tomatoes. Continue to sauté for another 5 minutes, until the tomatoes soften.
4. Stir in the red wine, rosemary and sage with the drained beans. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, or until the sauce is reduced by a quarter and the flavors have blended.
5. Discard the rosemary and season with pepper. Serve immediately.

Nutrition information (per serving)

Makes 8 servings

Calories: 160 (3% calories from fat)
Total fat: 0.5 g
Saturated fat: 0 g
Protein: 10 g
Carbohydrate: 29 g
Dietary fiber: 7 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 15 mg
Potassium: 578 mg

Recipe from The Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook.