Yummy, yummy vegan tacos...

[Guest guest]

Well, vegan if you use dairy substitutes, but it's very easy. I fixed these

last night!

 

 

VEGETARIAN BLACK BEAN TACOS WITH CHIPOTLE CHILE SALSA

Serves 4 (2 tacos each)

Three 5 A Day servings

Source: Frieda's, Inc./ Official 5 A Day recipe

 

 

Ingredients

 

Chipotle Chili Salsa:

1 1/2 cup diced tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped red or sweet onion

2 Tbsp lime juice

3 dried Chipotle chilies, reconstituted, drained and minced

2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

 

Tacos:

11 ounces (uncooked weight) black beans

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 cup chopped zucchini or yellow summer squash

1/2 cup shredded low fat Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese

1 cup diced tomatoes

1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce

8 tortillas warmed

 

 

For tacos: place black beans in a medium saucepan with water and cover. Stir in

remaining minced Chipotle chiles and garlic. Cook beans according to package

directions; drain. Meanwhile, stir together tomatoes, zucchini and bell pepper.

Arrange warm black beans, tomato mixture, lettuce and cheese in separate serving

bowls. For each serving, take two flour tortillas; sprinkle each with lettuce;

Spoon on black beans, tomato zucchini mixture and cheese. Top with salsa and

cilantro as desired.

 

For salsa: combine tomatoes, half the Chipotle chiles, onion, cilantro and lime

juice in a medium bowl; set aside to allow flavors to blend (cover and chill if

preparing more than 30 minutes ahead).

 

Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 562, Fat 7g, Calories from Fat 11%,

Cholesterol 21mg, Fiber 17g, Sodium 304mg, Protein 29g

 

There's more healthy yumminess at

webmd.com/content/pages/20/105543.htm, too.

 

B*B,

 

Jayelle

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

This sounds wonderful! It contains my favorite 5 basic food groups:

garlic, cheese, cilantro, onion, peppers!

 

Remember - always toast those tortillas!

 

Shawn

 

, Jayelle Wiggins

<jayelle3> wrote:

> Well, vegan if you use dairy substitutes, but it's very easy. I

fixed these last night!

>

>

> VEGETARIAN BLACK BEAN TACOS WITH CHIPOTLE CHILE SALSA

> Serves 4 (2 tacos each)

> Three 5 A Day servings

> Source: Frieda's, Inc./ Official 5 A Day recipe

>

>

> Ingredients

>

> Chipotle Chili Salsa:

> 1 1/2 cup diced tomatoes

> 1/2 cup chopped red or sweet onion

> 2 Tbsp lime juice

> 3 dried Chipotle chilies, reconstituted, drained and minced

> 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

>

> Tacos:

> 11 ounces (uncooked weight) black beans

> 2 cloves garlic, minced

> 1 cup chopped zucchini or yellow summer squash

> 1/2 cup shredded low fat Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese

> 1 cup diced tomatoes

> 1 1/2 cups shredded lettuce

> 8 tortillas warmed

>

>

> For tacos: place black beans in a medium saucepan with water and

cover. Stir in remaining minced Chipotle chiles and garlic. Cook beans

according to package directions; drain. Meanwhile, stir together

tomatoes, zucchini and bell pepper. Arrange warm black beans, tomato

mixture, lettuce and cheese in separate serving bowls. For each

serving, take two flour tortillas; sprinkle each with lettuce; Spoon

on black beans, tomato zucchini mixture and cheese. Top with salsa and

cilantro as desired.

>

> For salsa: combine tomatoes, half the Chipotle chiles, onion,

cilantro and lime juice in a medium bowl; set aside to allow flavors

to blend (cover and chill if preparing more than 30 minutes ahead).

>

> Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 562, Fat 7g, Calories

from Fat 11%, Cholesterol 21mg, Fiber 17g, Sodium 304mg, Protein 29g

>

> There's more healthy yumminess at

webmd.com/content/pages/20/105543.htm, too.

>

> B*B,

>

> Jayelle