Kids-Love-It Bean Pasta

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 406.4

Total Fat: 6.5 g
Cholesterol: 6.6 mg
Sodium: 468.4 mg
Total Carbs: 69.6 g
Dietary Fiber: 7.0 g
Protein: 17.7 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Kids-Love-It Bean Pasta calories by ingredient

Introduction

This quick meal is a proven kid-pleaser, especially with the little ones. While this makes enough for six, expect requests for seconds! Because it's got the pasta and beans, it's a great low-cal, low-fat complete meal. Add a salad and you're set. This quick meal is a proven kid-pleaser, especially with the little ones. While this makes enough for six, expect requests for seconds! Because it's got the pasta and beans, it's a great low-cal, low-fat complete meal. Add a salad and you're set.

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Minutes to Cook: 15

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

1 lb. pasta, preferably rotini or elbows

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 8 oz. can black beans WITH liquid

1 tbsp. Goya Recaito (or substitute 1 tbsp. fresh minced cilantro)

½ cup grated parmesan

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Start pasta water.

While water is heating up, sauté the onion and garlic in the olive oil, adding salt and pepper.

Add the entire can of beans, liquid included.

Stir in the recaito (or cilantro).

Simmer.

Cook pasta.

Just before pasta is done, stir the parmesan into the bean mixture.

Drain pasta. (You can return it to the pot or put it in a bowl, depending on how you’re going to serve it.)

Mix in the bean mixture.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JULIE1319.