Veal Shanks, Cauliflower, and Cannelini Beans

Last night's dinner was pretty easy. There are ways to make it more complicated, but really, why bother?

Two veal shanks, total weight one pound (300-400 calories each)
2 tsp olive oil (80 calories, not all goes into meal)
1 jar pasta sauce (about 200 calories, not all goes into meal)
1 cup vegetable stock (15 calories)
1 head cauliflower (about 60 calories)
1 can Cannelini beans (about 380 calories)

Browns shanks in olive oil inside pressure cooker. Add pasta sauce and stock, and seal pressure cooker. Cook under pressure for half an hour, and then release the pressure. Add cauliflower cut into florets and beans, reseal and cook for another 10 minutes under pressure. Serve with slotted spoon, leaving liquid in pressure cooker. Serves 2, about 600-700 calories when all is said and done.

If you don't have a pressure cooker, you can always slow braise in an oven at 300 for 2 hours, and then another 20 minutes to cook the cauliflower to tenderness. Make sure if you do this you have sufficient liquid to cover - add more stock if you don't. But get a pressure cooker. It is a pretty amazing tool, and does a great job of driving flavor into food - the cauliflower really picks up the flavor of the sauce this way.