Low Carb Lemon Butter Spinach

Reduce in sauté pan on medium heat:

1/2 cup of chicken broth (if using packaged check the label for carbs)
Juice of one lemon
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup white wine

When low carb sauce is reduced by half and starts to thicken add two handfuls of spinach. Mix spinach with sauce for twenty seconds, remove from heat and serve.

Low Carb Chinese Green Beans

Here is a totally different twist on low carb green beans, Chinese low carb greeen beans!

Ingredients:


1 pkg frozen green beans -- (16 ounce) 500g
1 pkt chicken broth -- dry crytals
1 bunch scallion
2 lg garlic bulb
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp splenda
1 tbsp peanut butter -- creamy
1/8 tsp sesame oil -- chinese

Directions:

In a 2-quart 2 litre microwave-safe casserole dish, combine green beans and broth granules. Cover and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, slice white bulbs of scallion into rings and mine garlic. In small bowl, combine ginger, soy sauce and SPLENDA. Add scallion rings and garlic. Set aside. Remove green beans from microwave and uncover. Pour sauce over beans and stir. Cover and microwave on high for 4 minutes. Stir in peanut butter and sesame oil until sauce coats the beans and serves immediately.


Per Serving (excluding unknown items):


52 Calories; 2g Fat (29.4% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 143mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Vegetable; 0 Fat.


More delicious Chinese recipes are available in Nicholas Zhou's cookbook "Real & Healthy Chinese Cooking".