No chard at the store, so I made it with spinach

This is a simple quick supper. Serve with a salad and garlic bread and you’re ready to go in just a few minutes.

This can be served warmor at room temperature as a side dish OR cold as a salad. Great with chicken satay.

per serving (1 cup)
Calories: 344
Fat: 12 gms
Carbohydrates: 42 gms
Cholesterol: 48 mg
Sodium: 749 mg
Fiber 4 gms
Protein: 17 gms

Makes 4 cups

This recipe makes enough to sauce more than a pound of pasta; leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen. Because canned tomatoes vary in acidity and saltiness, it’s best to add salt, pepper, and sugar to taste just before serving. If you prefer a chunkier sauce, give it just three or four pulses in the food processor in step 4.

Very good 7 points

Savory cheese and chicken stock share the spotlight here with high-fiber chickpeas. Adding 1/2 cup of these lean beans to your daily diet can help you cut your consumption of fatty foods, a study in the journal Appetite notes.

Tomatoes’ strong, savory flavor can help satisfy us sooner, so we may eat less without trying. We added almonds to up the slim-down factor: Dieters who ate the nuts daily lost 56 percent more fat than those who didn’t, a study from Loma Linda University finds; the nuts’ fiber may prevent fat absorption.