Quelites Con Frijoles

Ingredients:

• 1½ pounds fresh spinach or one 10 oz package frozen leaf spinach
• 3 Tablespoons chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon soft tub margarine
• 1 cup home-cooked pinto beans or 1 cup canned, rinsed and drained
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red chili
• ½ teaspoon salt

Directions:

1. Wash fresh spinach, remove stem ends and steam for 10 minutes.
2. If using frozen spinach, steam for 8 minutes.
3. In a medium saucepan, sauté onion in margarine until soft and transparent.
4. Add drained, steamed spinach, chili, salt and pinto beans.
5. Cook an additional 5 minutes.

Yield: 8 servings
Serving size: ½ cup

Nutritional information per serving:

• Calories 70
• Fat < 1g
• Carb 9g
• Cholesterol 0 mg
• Sodium 207 mg