Healthy Recipe: Mussels and Clams in Garlic White Wine Sauce

This is a great simple yet crowd pleasing dish. Fresh and local seafood will make it even better!

INGREDIENTS:

1 tsp. Olive oil

½ lb. Mussels, cleaned and scrubbed

½ lb. Clams, cleaned and scrubbed

1 Onion, chopped fine about 1 cup

2 Garlic cloves, minced

¼ tsp. Crushed red pepper flakes

2 Bay leaves

½ c. Dry white wine, chardonnay or Chablis

¼ c. Fresh parsley, chopped

STEPS:

• Prepare a hot pan that has a lid about medium size like a large sauté pan.


• Add olive oil, wait until hot, and then add onions, garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, and bay leaves.


• Cook until onions and garlic are soft.


• Turn heat to medium high, and add cleaned mussels, clams, and white wine.  Put a lid on it.


• Let mussels and clams steam for a few minutes but make sure to shake pan to move ingredients around in pan. This will take about 5 minutes.


• Turn heat to medium low and simmer for another 5 minutes or so.


• Remove lid and discard any unopened shells.


• At the very end stir through the parsley and garnish with lemon wheels.

NUTRITION:

SERVINGS 8; SERVING SIZE 2 mussels and 2 clams; CALORIES 70kcal;

PROTEIN 7gm CARBOHYDRATES 3gm; SODIUM 160mg;