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# Healthy Recipes: Limas and Spinach
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/healthy_recipes_limas_and_spinach_3107100540/
- Published: 2010-07-31T06:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:19:43.000Z
- Description: Steam lima beans, saute them with fennel and onion, then wilt spinach into the pan and finish with vinegar, pepper and chives. The NIH recipe makes seven half-cup servings at 93 calories and 84 mg sodium each.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Cooking, Recipes & Dining, #vivvo-import

LIMAS AND SPINACH

Your family will love to eat more vegetables cooked this way.

2 cups frozen lima beans

1 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 cup fennel, cut in strips (4 oz)

1/2 cup onion, chopped

1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth

4 cups leaf spinach, washed thoroughly

1 Tbsp distilled vinegar

1/8 tsp black pepper

1 Tbsp raw chives

Steam or boil lima beans in unsalted water approximately 10 minutes. Drain.

In a skillet, sauté onions and fennel in oil.

Add the beans and stock to the onions, cover, and cook for 2 minutes.

Stir in the spinach. Cover and cook until spinach has wilted, about 2 minutes.

Stir in the vinegar and pepper. Cover and let stand for 30 seconds.

Sprinkle with chives and serve.

Makes 7 servings--Serving size: 1/2 cup

Calories 93

Fat 2 g

Saturated fat less than 1 g

Cholesterol 0 mg

Sodium 84 mg

from nih.gov