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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Black Bean And Corn Salad With Avocado And Tomato

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can black beans, drained
  • 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can beans, such as navy beans, drained (i didn't have any, so i used black eyed peas)
  • 1 (10 ounce) can corn, drained (or similar amount cooked frozen corn)
  • 3/4 cup bottled roasted red pepper, chopped (or 1 c fresh red bell pepper)
  • 4 -5 tablespoons cilantro, chopped, plus additional for garnish
  • 1/2 cup red onion, chopped
  • 4 tablespoons lime juice, plus one additional lime cut into 6-8 wedges for serving
  • 5 tablespoons olive oil (i used much less)
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 2 avocados, cut into 12 thin wedges
  • 2 -3 tomatoes, cut into slices

Recipe

  • 1 mix all, through salt and pepper.
  • 2 divide salad in serving bowls, mounding it in the middle.
  • 3 fan avocado slices along one side of bowl.
  • 4 fan tomato slices along other side of bowl.
  • 5 add a wedge of lime on each bowl or plate.
  • 6 if desired, garnish with cilantro.
  • 7 note-you can prepare a few hours ahead to give flavors time to blend. we ate it 2 days later, and it was still good.

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