Easy Diabetes and heart healthy recipes
Preparing diabetes and heart healthy recipes can be easy, inexpensive and delicious if you buy the right items to stock your pantry with. This yummy corn and black bean recipe can be thrown together in minutes and it won't break the bank. This salad is great moments after making it, but what I've found is that if you let it sit in the fridge for a few hours, it becomes even better.
black beans
Frozen corn
Red Onion
Red Pepper
Cilantro
Small limes
Olive oil
Cumin
Black pepper
Garlic powder
(rinsed)
(thawed)
(Diced)
(bell pepper)
(chopped)
(juiced)
2 cans
1 pound
1/2 cup
1 large
1/2 cup
2
3 tbsp
1/2 tsp
1/4 tsp
1/4 tsp
1. Chop the red onion and the red pepper into small diced chunks.
2. Chop cilantro into small pieces if you like cilantro. Some people don't.
3. Drain the water from the frozen or canned corn.
4. In a medium bowl toss the black beans, corn, red onion, bell pepper and cilantro together.
5. In a smaller bowl, combine the lime juice, olive oil, cumin, black pepper and garlic powder and blend them together. Once thoroughly blended, pour over the salad. You can also substitute the dressing ingredients with Italian salad dressing.