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A New Orleans Jazz Fest Favorite Gets a Low-Fat Makeover
(CBS) The New Orleans Jazz Festival is around the corner. For food lovers that means gumbo, crayfish, and yes, greasy po’boy sandwiches.
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But po’boys, usually stuffed with fried seafood or sausage and sometimes even French fries, can tip the scales at over 1,000 calories and loads of saturated fats. Read More…
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These beans become creamy as they bake slowly in a sweet and sour broth flavored with honey and vinegar. You can make the dish with regular white beans, which will require soaking, or with large lima beans, which will not.
1 pound dried large lima beans or white beans, soaked if necessary for six hours or overnight in 2 quarts of water and drained (limas require no soaking)
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, preferably a sweet red onion, finely chopped
1 28-ounce can chopped tomatoes
1 bay leaf
3 tablespoons honey, such as clover or acacia
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1/4 cup red wine...