Tell me what you do with Black Beans

I make a 'enchilada casserole' with them about once a week. The first time I made it my husband would NOT believe it was low cal at all, it is really cheesy and creamy.

No fixed measurements... but about a cup of both fat free sour cream and cream cheese, a handful of grated cheddar, 2 cans of well rinsed black beans, enchilada sauce, spices, (I usually use cumin, chipolte, garlic, a touch of cinnamon). A finely chopped jalapeno, onion, and green pepper and about a cup of shredded chicken. Mix all that together.
Then in a casserole dish layer salsa verde, (I make my own and have jars and jars!), a layer of corn tortillas, then the entire mixture of beans/cheese. Then another layer of corn tortillas and salsa on top. Then I crunch up a small handful of tortilla chips and a handful of shredded cheddar, bake at 350 til nice and bubbly.

1/6th of mine comes to 300 cals, 29 carbs, 9 fat, 22 protein and 5 fiber. (and that is a big piece!)

Blackbean Porkchops

8 porkchops
2 cans black beans
1 1/2 cups salsa

Cook porkchops till done
Add in two cans of blackbeans( in juice) and salsa and let simmer for about 20-30 minutes!!!

Yummy!!!!

put them in a bowl with cilantro, rice, and some sort of spicy meat, with cheese, lettuce and sour cream! and i dip some chips into this mixture

(its called CHIPOTLE!)

BUMP for later! Thanks everyone, I love beans and lentils. : )

Leave em on the shelf

I put them in tacos!!!
You can also put them in salad and soup.
Veggie soup with black beans is YUM

There's actually a Black Bean Brownies recipe from Food Network. Sounds gross but they're amazing!

Here's the link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/melissa-darabian/black-bean-brownies-recipe/index.html

I put all of the information in before to see the amount of calories they had per serving and it really wasn't all that bad.

I would put them in my garden salads.

Vegetarian version of Spicy Italian and Black Bean soup. I used the Trader Joes Soy Italian Sausage instead of the regular spicy pork italian sausage and I swear I couldn't really find a difference. Good thing was that it was so much faster than using traditional sausage and I had dinner done in about half an hour (including all the chopping time!) Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1 pound hot Italian (SOY) sausage
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 large onion, diced
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 cup red wine
1 (32 fluid ounce) container vegetable broth (low sodium)
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 cup uncooked whole wheat rotini pasta
1 cup Kale leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 bunch fresh basil, chopped
salt and black pepper to taste
I used all organic ingredients and low-sodium when available

Directions

Heat tablespoon of oil in dutch oven/pot and add onions and chopped Soy Sausage of your choosing, stir until onions are translucent
Add garlic and celery (I like to leave the celery a little firm so there's more texture
Add red wine to deglaze bottom of the pot, stir to get the bits and pieces loose then add in the tomato paste and stir until smooth
Put in the veggie broth and black beans and bring to a boil
Add Kale leaves, pasta, basil, and oregano and give a good stir
Boil until the pasta is done (for the whole wheat kind it's between 10 and 12 minutes
Put into bowls and top with a little parmesan cheese or greek yogurt!
So good! Each LARGE serving is around 350 calories!

I feel this is like the "shrimp" scene from Forrest Gump.

Black bean burger,
black bean soup
black beans and rice
black bean and smoked turkey chili
black bean, roasted corn, avocado salsa
black beans for baking in brownie recipes
black beans for baking in cookie recipes

Hahaha! Awesome.