Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A healthy dinner in 15 minutes, no kidding





This is a quick dinner that can be prepared in less than 15 minutes and is still healthy and light. It's one of my kids favorites, but good enough to serve last minute guests. Try it when you are crunched for time.

Serve with our Liliputian Winery 2008 Colorado Chardonnay, of course!



Quick Pasta With Beans and Greens:

1-2 bunches of chard, kale or other greens, cleaned and chopped into bite size pieces
1 15 oz can of canellini beans or navy beans, drained well
1 onion, chopped
3-4 cloves garlic chopped
a splash of olive oil
1/2 cup dry white wine or chicken broth
red chili flakes, salt and pepper to taste
1# pasta (I prefer whole wheat penne)
grated parmesan for serving

Put your pasta water onto boil (don't forget to salt it!) while you clean the greens and chop the onions and garlic. Saute the onion and garlic in a little olive oil until mostly translucent. Add greens, beans, chili flakes and wine or chicken broth. Cover your greens mixture, turn the heat to medium low and start cooking your pasta. Your pasta and your greens should be done at the same time (in about 10 minutes). Drain the pasta and toss with greens mixture in a pretty bowl. Sprinkle with grated parmesan and serve hot. We served our dinner with a nice local salad and day old bread toasted in the oven with olive oil and parmesan cheese.

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