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    Vegetables, Grains Vegetables 5 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1/2 c Water
    10 oz Frozen baby lima beans, (1 package) thawed
    10 oz Frozen whole kernel corn, (1 package) thawed
    3/4 c Diced green bell pepper
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Dried whole summer savory, crushed
    2 c Seeded and diced peeled tomato

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add beans; cook, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Add corn and next 3 ingredients; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat, and stir in tomato. Yield: 5 servings (serving size:
1cup).
Per serving: 142 Calories; 1g Fat (5% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 30g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 251mg Sodium
Recipe by: Cooking Light, Sept 1994, page 138
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #403 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.

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