Butter Beans With Smoked Turkey

Recipe Ingredients

8 oz	227g	Smoked turkey breast
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Chopped onion
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Dried butter beans - soaked overnight
		= (mature lima beans)
1		Garlic clove - minced
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Freshly-ground black pepper
1		Bay leaf
1 teaspoon	5ml	Thyme
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Salt

Recipe Instructions

Boil the turkey and onion in 1 quart of water for 45 minutes.

Place the beans, garlic, pepper, bay leaf, and thyme in the water and cook for 1 hour or until the beans are tender. Add the salt in the final 15 minutes of cooking to prevent the beans from becoming tough.

This recipe yields 8 servings. Serving size: 1 cup.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 1/2 Starch, 1 Very Lean Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 216; Calories from Fat 6; Total Fat 1g; Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 13mg; Sodium 423mg; Carbohydrate 36g; Dietary Fiber 11g; Sugars 5g; Protein 18g.

Source:
American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org

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