Beans & Greens

One of my favorite meals is Beans and Greens.  It's healthy, tasty, and super quick to make.  This recipe makes 3 servings.

Ingredients

• 1 can cannelini or other beans
• 1 bunch greens (swiss chard, kale, collards, dandelion - anything works well), torn or chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• lemon
• 2 Tablespoons pine nuts
• parmesan cheese

Directions

Toast pine nuts in a dry, warm pan and set aside. Rinse beans. Heat olive oil in a pan and cook onion until translucent. Add garlic and then greens and beans. If the greens are dry, you may want to add a little water to the pan to help them steam.  After a couple of minutes, turn off heat, squeeze lemon over everything.  Serve over 1/2 cup rice and add pine nuts and parmesan.

Tips: To absorb iron, your body needs citrus (vitamin C) but this breaks down if it is heated!  If I'm really counting every calorie (or running short on time) I might skip the pine nuts and cheese but they add a lot of flavor.