RECIPE: Tuscan-Style Beans With Tomatoes

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Here's an Easy Fix which is also quick and tasty.

 

TUSCAN-STYLE BEANS WITH TOMATOES

 

(Serves 4 as a main dish, up to eight as a side dish)

 

While this dish is traditionally made with cannellini beans, we use navy beans

or northern

beans, according to what we have cooked and ready. We make it without olive oil

to sautee

the garlic, etc. for another fat-free dish which is also quick and easy.

 

4 or 5 cloves garlic, finely chopped

3-4 cups (two cans, if you prefer them, but rinse and drain) white beans, cooked

and

drained

1 cup low-sodium vegetable stock, homemade if you have it

14-ounce can of tomatoes, chopped, including juice

a good pinch of dried sage or use four or five fresh sage leaves if you have

them handy

salt and pepper to taste

 

Cook the garlic in a very little water for a few minutes to soften in a large

pot, then add all

the other ingredients and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.

 

Reduce heat and simmer - without a lid - for 20 minutes or so, until thickened

nicely. Give

it a good stir now and then while it does this. When the mixture is lovely and

moist but no

longer runny it's done. Easy and delicious.

 

Love, Pat