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This was originally published on January 15, 2008

I found these recipes and they are full of vitamins and just tons of good for you stuff, so I thought I would share one of them with you. I might add more recipes later.



Black Bean Salad



Ingredients:

Salad

1 fresh diced avocado

2lbs frozen corn

15 oz canned black beans rinsed

1 cup fresh chopped scallions

1 1/4 cups diced red peppers

2 cups fresh chopped tomatoes

2 jalapeno peppers



Salad dressing

1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. lime juice

1/2 cup chopped cilantro

2 Tbsp. olive oil

1 Tbsp. granulated sugar

1 tsp. minced garlic

1 tsp. dried oregano

2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper



Preparation

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for salad dressing

Add the diced avocado to the dressing, toss gently, and set aside.

On a large sheet pan, roast the corn in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until slightly golden. Add the corn to a medium bowl and chill in the refrigerator.

In a large bowl, combine chilled corn, black beans, scallions, red peppers, tomatoes and jalalpenos. Toss with dressing.



Nutritional value

makes 16 servings. Each serving contains approximately:

130 calories

5 g. of protein

21 g. carbohydrates

4 g. fat

0 mg. cholesterol

245 mg. sodium

5 g. fiber

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