Butter Beans With Smoked Turkey
The turkey breast helps to cut the fat out of this soul food health favorite.

Number of Servings: 8 Serving Size: 1 cup
Ingredients
Name
smoked turkey breast 8 oz
chopped onion 1/4 cup
dried butter beans
(mature lima beans), soaked 1 lb
clove garlic, minced 1
bay leaf 1
pepper 1/8 tsp

thyme 1 tsp
salt 1/4 tsp
Preparation Instructions
1. Boil the turkey and onion in 1 quart of water for 45 minutes.
2. 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.
Exchanges Per Serving2-1/2 Starch1 Very Lean MeatNutrition InformationAmount per servingCalories 216 Calories from Fat 6Total Fat 1 g Saturated Fat 0 gCholesterol 13 mgSodium 423 mgTotal Carbohydrate 36 g Dietary Fiber 11 g Sugars 5 gProtein 18 g


Reproduced with permission from "ADA Cookbooks"© American Diabetes Association ®