Mexican Jumping Beans South Beach Diet Phase 1 Friendly Recipes

MEXICAN JUMPING BEANS (SOUTH BEACH DIET-PHASE 1 FRIENDLY)

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, sautee the pepper, onion and garlic in olive oil until crisp-tender.
• Add beans, water and seasoning; simmer on low to medium heat until thickened (about 10 minutes).
• Top with cheese upon serving.

MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN

Steps:

• add all beans together.
• add red and green bell pepper.
• add red onion.
• add all ingridents after cilantro in bowl and whisk.
• toss dressing with beans and veggies.
• add cilantro.

SOUTH BEACH DIET BLACK BEAN SOUP (PHASE I FRIENDLY)

Steps:

• In a medium sauce pan, sauté onion, garlic and green pepper in olive oil until they begin to soften (about 5-7 minutes).
• Add the rest of the ingredients (except the tomatoes) and bring to a rolling boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 5-7 minutes longer.
• Remove about half of the mixture and place in a blender and puree, returned pureed soup to the pot (or if you have an immersion blender, use it in the pot for the entire batch).
• Serve hot with chopped tomatoes and a few more sprigs of cilantro.

THE SOUTH BEACH DIET CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Beat ingredients for'cake' until smooth.
• Pour into a 9" greased square pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Remove from oven for 15 minutes-- leave oven on.
• Meanwhile-- mix topping ingredients together and mix well.
• After the 15 minutes has elapsed, pour topping over the cheesecake and spread evenly, and bake for 10 minutes more.
• Chill.