If there one thing I have a hard time with it’s taking good photos of my food. I realize the image above looks like a bowl of mush. It is a bowl of mush. But it’s an incredibly delicious bowl of mush.
The recipe from Real Simple is called “Spicy Black Beans”; my future brother-in-law tweeted it to me over the weekend when I was begging for a good vegetarian recipe to make (have I mentioned I love Twitter lately?). I haven’t made anything with black beans before, but I figured it was worth a try. Oh, it totally was. Not only is it good but the recipe only requires 7 ingredients: sundried tomatoes, white onion, jalapeño, canned black beans, canned tomatoes (I used diced), salt and cilantro (which I left out, because I usually leave out salt and shockingly, our supermarket didn’t have any cilantro!) It’s pretty much a matter of chopping everything up and cooking it in a skillet. Super easy.
And super delicious. I was surprised how good it is, even though it’s pretty much a pile of mush. I will say, its not remotely spicy, despite the recipe title, but it is yummy. Doesn’t need salt, or cheese, or anything additional. Originally, I was going to try putting the beans on a wrap for lunch, but it’s a little too liquidy for that. On top of rice it is perfect, however.
Thank you, Kevin, for providing me with the best vegetarian meal I’ve made in weeks (months?). If you’re looking for something healthy, fast, delicious and easy, this is it.
I’m making this tonight; can’t wait. I love surprisingly good recipes! Though I guess it won’t be a surprise anymore :( I’ll post it on my blog in the next few days and mention that I found it here. Just look for the big bowl of mush.