Banana Black Bean Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups cooked black beans
• 1 -2 small tomato
• 1 onion
• 1/4 red pepper
• 3 -4 tablespoons fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon orange juice (optional)
• 1 firm banana (or mango)
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook black beans (or just used drained canned beans).
• 2 mince tomatoes, pepper, onion and cilantro.
• 3 combine all of the above in a bowl and mix well.
• 4 chop banana into small but substantial square pieces.
• 5 fold banana pieces into the mixture gently so as not to bruise the bananas.
• 6 add salt/pepper to taste and lemon and orange juices folding them gently into the mixture.
• 7 chill and serve cold.