Peanutty Vegetable Medley

Ingredients:

• 8 ounces couscous, rice, or pasta
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• ½ cup water
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 2½ pound head of cauliflower, broken into florets
• 2 carrots, cut into ½ inch slices
• 1 green pepper, sliced
• ½ cup regular or reduced-fat creamy peanut butter

Directions:

1. Cook couscous, rice, or pasta and keep warm.
2. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat.
3. Add onion and garlic and cook 3-5 minutes, stirring often.
4. Stir in rest of ingredients except peanut butter and bring to a boil.
5. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
6. Stir in peanut butter and simmer 5 minutes longer, covered.
7. Serve over couscous, pasta, or rice.

Optional: Sprinkle with chopped peanuts. 

Yield: 4 servings 

Nutritional information per serving (using couscous):

• Calories 419
• Protein 17 g
• Fat 12 g (Sat 2 g, Unsat 10 g)
• Carb 65 g 
• Chol 0 mg
• Sodium 535 mg

Courtesy: The American Dietetic Association/National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics