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Spicy Black Beans with Feta and Avocado by Gordon Ramsay

capture_30122014_134231Gordon shows how to make an easy, healthy and delicious appetizer or dish for a snack or brunch.  He adds black beans to sauteed onions and garlic with spices, and then gently mashes them.   He serves this mixture on crunchy tortillas, topped with diced avocado and feta cheese.  Vegans can replace the feta cheese with a feta alternative.  Delicious.  Enjoy. Continue reading

Chocolate Fudge Brownies by Anja

capture_13122014_122245You wouldn’t believe you could make chocolate brownies with these healthy ingredients.  In a blender, Anja adds black beans, bananas, brown rice malt syrup,  cinnamon powder, cocoa powder, and vanilla powder.  After she blends the mixture, shes adds oats, and pours her batter into her pan and bakes it.  She likes to serve them with chocolate mouse.  Wonderful!  Try it, and Enjoy. Continue reading

Calabacitas Recipe by Cobi Kim

capture_09122014_205332Cobi presents another veganized ethnic recipe.  This time it’s a Mexican dish that can be served with cheese and tortillas, or as a vegetable side, or left over and used as a component in burritos.  Cobi offers several alternatives for ingredients, and gives a tip for getting more flavor in your food by how you add your spices to your dish.  This dish is easy to make with ordinary ingredients, and with or without vegan meat substitutes.  Try it.  You’ll Enjoy it! Continue reading

Southwest Veggie Burgers by Chad Sarno with Whole Foods Market

capture_04122014_140604Chad makes these healthy burgers with black beans, brown rice, roasted bell pepper, fresh tomato, carrot, green onions, sweet potato, nutritional yeast, cumin, chili powder, hot pepper sauce, and garlic.  He uses the pre-cooked sweet potato as a binder in this recipe.  He mixes all these ingredients together, and places the mixture in the refrigerator for a little while to firm it up.  Then, he forms his burgers and places them in the oven.    He builds his burgers on a whole wheat bun, with guacamole, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and cilantro.  He serves it with baked “sweet potato fries”.  This is a delicious and very healthy alternative to a traditional hamburger made with meat.  Try it and Enjoy. Continue reading

Sweet Potato Black Bean Stew by Karl Tyler

capture_16102014_142729Karl Tyler prepared this stew following a recipe published in ReadyMade Magazine.  It’s loaded with a lot of fresh healthy vegetables.  Karl topped his stew with dairy cheese, which could be replaced with a non-dairy cheese alternative.  This is a simple healthy one pot recipe that can be made ahead for use later in the week.  Like most stews, it probably tastes better after the flavors mingle for a couple of days.  It looks delicious.  Enjoy. Continue reading

Black Bean Soup by Michelle Johnson

capture_28092014_112945Here is a tasty black bean soup made with fresh vegetables and canned black beans.  Michelle chops and sautes onions, carrots, celery, garlic and spices.  Then she adds rinsed canned black beans and vegetable broth, and simmers the soup mixture.  Then she blends it, reserving some beans to add to her soup for texture after she blends it.  Easy to make.  Delicious.  And good for you. Continue reading

Spicy Black Bean Casserole by Karen Bukolt

capture_25092014_091335This casserole is delicious and loaded with healthy ingredients; celery, bell peppers, black beans, cilantro, onions, chili sauce, maple syrup, and spices.  Karen mixes panko bread crumbs with cheese as a topping for this casserole.  The cheese could easily be a vegan substitute if you desire.  You can serve this casserole with tortillas, or brown rice and a salad.  It can be made ahead for a lunch or dinner later in the week. Continue reading

Vegetarian Quesadillas (Mushrooms and Black Beans) by Sandy

capture_25092014_083839Here is a video recipe for delicious and easy to make vegetarian quesadillas.   They contain healthy ingredients; black beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, jalapeno pepper, garlic and spices.  Sandy uses cheddar cheese, which could easily be replaced with a vegan substitute cheese.  This is a very easy to make, healthy and delicious recipe. Continue reading

Harissa Tahini Romaine Wraps by Jenné Claiborne

capture_17092014_084016Jenne prepares a one dish recipe, creating a healthy filling that can be used in a lettuce wrap or in a more classic salad.  The fillings main ingredients are quinoa, chickpeas, black beans and carrots.  Jenne also creates a “harissa tahini” dressing, which is basically some harissa (a Tunisian favorite spicy condiment) combined with tahini.   Jenne pours her harissa tahini mixture over the filling on romaine lettuce leaves and over a salad made with lettuce and her filling mixture.   This recipe is very easy to make and it’s very healthy and delicious. Continue reading

Black-Bean and Green-Chili Casserole by Nancy S. Hughes

capture_01092014_082824Nancy Hughes demonstrates a fast (15 minute) and healthy casserole.  It is made with canned black beans, fresh onions and tomatoes, packaged steamed rice, some seasonings and cheese.  This recipe really is fast, easy to make, healthy and delicious. Continue reading