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Braised Romaine Lettuce

Braised Romaine Lettuce

with Tomatoes, Olives and Parmesan
20 min.
Time:
263
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
84 / 100
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Ingredients
2 Romaine lettuce
1 oz Parmesan
3 medium-sized Tomatoes
3 scallions
1 heaping Tbsp Caper
1 sm handful black olives (without pits; 20 grams)
2 sprigs Sage
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp Pine nuts (20 grams)
3 Tbsps balsamic vinegar
salt
peppers
1 pinch cane sugar
How healthy are the main ingredients?
ParmesanPine nutsolive oilSageTomatosalt
Preparation
1.
Braised Romaine Lettuce preparation step 1

Trim the heads of lettuce. Rinse and spin dry leaves. Coarsely grate Parmesan cheese.

2.
Braised Romaine Lettuce preparation step 2

Rinse tomatoes, trim, quarter and core. Rinse scallions, trim and cut into thin rings. Drain capers. Coarsely chop the olives. Rinse sage leaves, shake dry and chop.

3.
Braised Romaine Lettuce preparation step 3

Heat the oil in a pan. Cook lettuce 1 minute over high heat. Add tomatoes, pine nuts and scallions. Cook 1 more minute. Add capers, olives and sage.

4.
Braised Romaine Lettuce preparation step 4

Add the vinegar and 3 tablespoons water, cook for 20 seconds and season with salt, pepper and sugar to taste. Arrange salad on plates, sprinkle with Parmesan and serve.

Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie263 cal.(13 %)
Protein10 g(10 %)
Fat19 g(16 %)
Carbohydrates10 g(7 %)
Sugar added2 g(8 %)
Roughage4.5 g(15 %)
Healthy, because

Healthy, because

Lettuce plus tomatoes plus olives plus pine nuts provide a lot of vitamins and fibre. Cheese is also beneficial to health. Parmesan cheese is a good source of calcium: 20 grams of it already cover one quarter of the daily requirement of this bone-friendly mineral.

Even smarter

Even smarter

This "slim" dish from the Mediterranean kitchen can also be prepared as a "real" salad: In this case, the romaine lettuce is not steamed, but mixed raw with the hot ingredients. Baguette or ciabatta is best served with it, preferably as a wholemeal variant, as it provides additional fibre.

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