- prep: 20 min
- cook: 40 min
- total: 1 hr
Summary
This textural celebration of legumes includes those that are both in and out of pods. You'll find crisp-tender Romano beans and green beans, as well as droves of firm yet creamy fava beans (also called broad beans), which have been a staple in places like Egypt, China, and the Mediterranean for millennia. The beans are all cooked in one pot and then warmed in a skillet, where verdant shreds of basil join them at the last minute for extra oomph. Sound easy? That's because it is.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh fava beans, shelled, or 1 cup shelled fresh or frozen edamame (soybeans; 3/4 pound in pods)
- 3/4 pound young fresh Romano beans (Italian flat beans), stemmed and cut diagonally into 1 1/2-to 2-inch pieces
- 1/2 pound green or wax beans, trimmed and halved crosswise
- 1/4 cup packed basil leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zestepi:recipelink
- 2 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 201 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 15 g 22.87%
- Saturated Fat: 2 g 9.86%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 188 mg 7.85%
- Calcium: 154 mg 15.36%
- Potassium: 456 mg 13.04%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 14.15%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 9 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 13.21%
- Sugar: 1 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 8.86%
- Vitamin C 35.98%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq