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Easy Esselstyn Diet Recipes with Pictures: Escarole and Red Bell Peppers over Rice

 

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Escarole and Red Bell Peppers

over Rice

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Dinner

Dinner

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Easy to prepare this escarole dish is fresh, light and nice to look at.

Served

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Endives (freshly picked on the CSA farm) are slightly bitter and go well with the mild tasting red bell peppers. This leafy vegetable dish is great for hot summer evenings.

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Get in Advance:

 

1 bundle of escarole, washed and cut into ½ inch stripes

2 red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded and cut into stripes

1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper

1 teaspoon of minced garlic

1/4 teaspoon white pepper powder

 

Have On Hand:

Basmati rice

White wine

Ingredients

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Recipe

(Modified from The New York Times, Diner’s Journal 2008)

 

For 2 (generous) - 4 Portion. Prep time 30 min.

 

Start the Rice

In rice pot cook 1 cup of Basmati rice in 2 cups of water

Simmer for 25 min, remove lid at the end to evaporate excessive water

Prepare Red Bell Pepper

Clean and cut the red peppers

Set aside

Sautee Pepper

In deep skillet heat over medium heat ½ cup of white wine

Add garlic but set aside 1 teaspoon

Add peppers, crushed red pepper flakes

Cook until peppers soften, about 5 minutes

Sautee Escarole

Add ½ cup of white wine

Add escarole

Simmer with closed cover about 20 minutes

Stir occasionally.

When escarole is wilted and tender, stir in reserved garlic and cook one more minute.

 

Ready to Serve

Serve with rice.

 

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Starting to cut the peppers

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Ccutting peppers into strips

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Washing and cutting the endives

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Sautéing the red bell pepper stripes

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Adding the endives

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Wilted down endives

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Prepared

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