All blog posts tagged with black beans

Bean salad with arugula

Posted May 22, 2010

One of my son's favorite dishes is also one of the easiest I make: chickpeas and black beans in a mustardy balsamic vinaigrette. We made some for lunch yesterday, then a neighbor came by in the afternoon to give me some fresh arugula from her garden. I tossed some greens into the bean salad, and oh …

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Sweet and spicy black bean dip

Posted April 13, 2010

I hosted a neighborhood women's group at my house a few days ago. Everyone is supposed to bring something for the table and something to drink. I didn't want the first guests to have nothing but their own dish, so I made orange-walnut  hummus, espresso brownies and black bean dip. The hummus didn't …

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Black Bean soup with banana

Posted January 29, 2010

At the request of my 13-year-old daughter, Sophia, I made black bean soup tonight. I should say, "I made black bean soup for tonight" because I've actually been working on it since last night.

I wrote a while ago about being a canned beans kinda girl. They're just so easy, especially if you don't wa…

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