Apple ‘n’ Pepper Saute

Name: Apple 'n' Pepper Saute
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings.
Ingredients: 3 medium sweet peppers, julienned; 1 small red onion, sliced and separated into rings; 1 medium apple, sliced; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed; 1/4 teaspoon dried basil

This colorful side dish blends apple slices, red onion rings and sweet pepper strips in a light soy sauce and herb glaze. This crisp-tender toss is from Emily Guidry of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

Ingredients

3 medium sweet peppers, julienned
1 small red onion, sliced and separated into rings
1 medium apple, sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
1/4 teaspoon dried basil

Directions

Saute the peppers, onion and apple in oil in a large nonstick skillet until crisp-tender. Stir in the soy sauce, garlic, rosemary and basil. Cook and stir until heated through.

Nutrition Facts

2/3 cup: 83 calories, 5g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 103mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 2g fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1 fat.

Originally published as Apple 'n' Pepper Saute in Taste of Home December/January 2003