Polenta with Beans and Tomatoes

Polenta with Beans and Tomatoes

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 291.7
  • Total Fat: 3.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 3.6 mg
  • Sodium: 98.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 51.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.2 g
  • Protein: 14.7 g

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Introduction

A great light, vegetarian dinner dish! Serve with crunchy, warm garlic bread. A great light, vegetarian dinner dish! Serve with crunchy, warm garlic bread.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 tube polenta, sliced into 12 slices
    Cooking Spray
    Salt and pepper
    1 tbsp. olive oil
    2 cloves garlic
    2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
    1 can white beans, drained and rinsed
    1 tbsp. white wine vinegar
    Handful fresh basil, chopped
    Handful freshly shredded parmesan

Directions

Preheat broiler. Place polenta slices in pan, spray with cooking spray and season with salt and pepper. Broiler for 7-8 minutes, or until warm and slightly crisp.

Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and tomatoes. Cook until garlic is soft and tomatoes are soft—about 4 minutes. Add beans and vinegar. Cook for 1-2 minutes, or until heated through. Remove from heat, add basil and salt and pepper to taste.

Plate three polenta slices, top with 1/4 of the tomato mixture and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BACKTOHERROOTS.

TAGS:  Vegetarian Meals |

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    This was pretty good, not great, not sure if it's worth all the hoopla, but it was pretty good for the calorie count. - 9/10/18