This month one of the food spotlights at Food$ense is Legumes, or "Le'Guuuuumes," or beans. We ain't fancy
around here.
My local extension held a class on beans and made brownies with beans in them. They were so
good. LIKE- slap your Momma! good. And I consider myself at least a AAA league
brownie taster. I might not be in the majors, but I am better than most.
The hardest part is getting the bean puree smooth. Seriously, don't ruin
brownies for everyone in your family by spoiling the secret and giving them a
chunk of bean. They will not appreciate your attempt at sneaky nutrition as a
good enough excuse for your betrayal. Blend, blend, blend!!
And I need to share with you the ultimate bean-y
goodness that I could eat everyday for lunch - and also snacks - but no one in
my family appreciates me eating that many... eh "musical
fruits," Cowboy Caviar seems to be the most
popular name for it, but THIS one... is the one you want to make. The first recipe
is not nearly as good and not as good for you at all! I love this recipe
because I can dump any beans that I want to into it. On Thursday I used: black
beans, chick peas, black-eyed peas and kidney beans. I also sometimes use bell
peppers and sometimes not - depending on how fresh they are - same with the
avocado (but truth be told, the avocado makes it!). Just dress it with a little
vinegar and lime, I even leave out the oil most times. This has got to be the
best stuff alive. I will eat it with a handful of chips and then I realize the
chips are just slowing me down and eat the stuff plain with a fork. I always
be sure I make enough to run some to my mom and sister at work, too. I believe
sometimes they will mention that it sounds good, just so I will crave it and
make us all some. I made a huge bowl of it for the family party. We fed
30+ people, and then entire dish including two bags of chips was under 8.00$.
Not too shabby. - If you are going to buy the tortilla chips labeled as Healthy, be sure to Read Your Label! - and be prepared to pay more.
- Whole Grain
- Low Salt
- Baked
- Try Matzo Bread - or a Whole Grain cracker
- Bake your own! This looks easy and so good, but I haven't tried it
I wish I could report that I ate "healthy" chips with mine, but sadly, I don't. I eat cheap chips - so I try and break the chips into tiny pieces and eat mostly dip. - How is that for "Snappily reasoning". But for those of you interested in that option I have some suggestions.
