Pinto Bean Skillet
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- Number of Servings: 5
Ingredients
Brown rice , 1 cupHam regular or low fat - 2 cups dicedSpanish onion about 1 cup choppedSweet red pepper , thinly sliced in chunks about 1 cupPinto Beans one can with sauce about 2 cupsBecel light margarine, 3 tsp.Orange juice, about third of a cupPlain fat free yogurt about half a cupSalsa picante sauce or sweet chili sauce to taste
1. Soak one cup of Brown rice in 2 cups of cold water.
2. Meanwhile, dice the ham into two cups of cubed ham.
3. Chop one spanish onion - to about one cup
4. Slice a medium sweet red pepper into bite sized strips - about 1 cup.
5. Put Becel margarine in a large skillet or use olive oil and saute' the onion and red peppers.
6. Cook rice in microwve steamer for 10 minutes.
7.Now add the diced ham to skillet of onions and peppers continue to saute'.
8. Add the pinto beans with sauce from the can to the skillet and stir to mix well - continue to heat on low medium heat.
9. Once rice has been steamed stir into Ham Bean mixture in the skillet - heat through.
10. Take one third cup of orange juice and whisk into half cup of yogurt.
11. Add to skillet and stir well.
12. Less than medium heat, let it simmer ans stir all together about five minutes to heat through.
13. Serve with light sauce but you may add extra sauces like ketchup or salsa before eating. Grate cheese over the whole will taste great bur add a few calories.
14. Fill at least half of the plate with green salad.
15. Serving size is half cup to three quarters of a cup.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SYLVAN6.
2. Meanwhile, dice the ham into two cups of cubed ham.
3. Chop one spanish onion - to about one cup
4. Slice a medium sweet red pepper into bite sized strips - about 1 cup.
5. Put Becel margarine in a large skillet or use olive oil and saute' the onion and red peppers.
6. Cook rice in microwve steamer for 10 minutes.
7.Now add the diced ham to skillet of onions and peppers continue to saute'.
8. Add the pinto beans with sauce from the can to the skillet and stir to mix well - continue to heat on low medium heat.
9. Once rice has been steamed stir into Ham Bean mixture in the skillet - heat through.
10. Take one third cup of orange juice and whisk into half cup of yogurt.
11. Add to skillet and stir well.
12. Less than medium heat, let it simmer ans stir all together about five minutes to heat through.
13. Serve with light sauce but you may add extra sauces like ketchup or salsa before eating. Grate cheese over the whole will taste great bur add a few calories.
14. Fill at least half of the plate with green salad.
15. Serving size is half cup to three quarters of a cup.
Number of Servings: 5
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SYLVAN6.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 291.7
- Total Fat: 7.8 g
- Cholesterol: 31.8 mg
- Sodium: 1,016.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 36.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 7.9 g
- Protein: 18.5 g
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