Black Bean Medley Recipes

BROWN AND WILD RICE MEDLEY WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Combine vegetable broth, wild rice, brown rice, and olive oil in a saucepan; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover with a lid, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir balsamic vinegar, sherry, garlic, salt, black pepper, and cardamom into rice; cover with a lid and continue simmering until flavors start to combine, about 10 minutes.
• Stir black beans, mushrooms, cranberries, and parsley into rice mixture; continue cooking over low heat until rice is tender and mixture is hot throughout, 10 to 15 minutes more.

SLOW-COOKED BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until onion and peppers are tender. Discard bay leaves.

BEAN MEDLEY SALAD

Steps:

• Open can of beans and pour into a strainer. Rinse off the beans. Pour into a large mixing bowl.
• Repeat first step with the corn, and add to the beans.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix together.
• This recipe works best if allowed to sit for 24 hours for the flavours to blend.

BLACK BEAN MEDLEY

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, saute the onion, sweet peppers and garlic in oil until tender. Add the corn. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until corn is tender. Add the black beans, tomatoes, vinegar, salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve with brown rice.

BLACK BEAN AND CORN SALAD MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk all of the vinaigrette ingredientsuntil well combined, even a bit frothy.
• Set it aside with a lid or cling wrap and begin to make thesalad.
• On your cutting board, have all the vegetables washed andpeeled, ready to go.
• This is always the time-consuming part of making any saladwith lots of vegetables.
• Chop the peppers into small squares and add them to the bowl
• Dice the spring onion and add it to the mixing bowl
• Include the chickpeas whole and hydrated along with the corn into the bowl
• Add the thinly sliced carrots along with chopped fresh parsley
• If you want to add sliced black olives or feta cheese crumble, you can addthem now.
• They are both optional, and I'm a huge fan of feta or a goat cheese crumble on salads.
• Once all of the vegetables are chopped and inside the bowl, add thevinaigrette and gently stir.
• The vinaigrette should cover the corn and bean salad.

BEAN VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Add onion, celery, and green pepper.
• Cook slowly for 10 minutes.
• Do not brown.
• Stir in tomatoes, kidney beans, lima beans, barley, parsley, salt, basil, and black pepper.
• Transfer mixture to a buttered 2-to 3 quart casserole with lid.
• Add boiling water.
• Cover.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 1-1/2 hours or until barley is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• Sprinkle with grated cheese before serving.
• Good served with: Marinated, slightlt blanched mixed vegetables, hot French bread and butter.
• Tips: This dish can be assembled and baked later.
• Add the boiling water just before baking.
• Baking time should be increased by 15 minutes when starting refrigerated temperature.