This is Charlotte's last week as the Getting To Know You hostess this month. She says: What better way to get to know someone than over food?! Some of our best times are spent visiting with friends and family over a delicious meal. My challenge for you today is to share a recipe with us and tell us why you chose it. Is there a memory attached? Is it a family recipe that's been passed down through the generations? Did you cook it at your first dinner party in your first apartment? Is it a recipe from a famous chef that you've mastered?
I'm going to share a recipe for summertime...it's very simple, sweet & cool and new to me...but I love it so much I want to tell the world!
Cucumber, Mango and Black Bean Salad
This is the original recipe, I'll add my changes as I go along!:
1 cup chopped seeded cucumber [I used 1/2 an english cuke, peeled, too]
1/2 cup chopped mango [I used a whole mango]
1/2 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained [I used a whole can of black beans]
2 tablespoons minced seeded jalapeno pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon fresh orange juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, stirring gently. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. Makes 4 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup)
I love adding this to some brown rice and tofu or grilled chicken. Ooooh yum! Nutritional info (which applies to the original recipe) follows...
CALORIES 39 (3% from fat)
FAT 0.1g (sat 0.0g, mono 0.0g, poly 0.0g)
PROTEIN 1.6g
CHOLESTEROL 0.0mg
CALCIUM 18mg
SODIUM 422mg
FIBER 2.1g
IRON 0.6mg
CARBOHYDRATE 9.7g
Robin Ohlgren-Evans, Cooking Light, July 2005
Comments
Michele sent m to say hello to you and scrap.
beans?
RUN!!!!!..............RUN AWAY!!!!!
I love the sound of this salad! Mangoes are sooo great for summer - I'll definately try it.
Posted it to my delicious too!
http://del.icio.us/travelingmermaid
Thanks for sharing, sweetie!
You have to make oodles of this and of Miss Julia's potato salad for the 4th! I may opt only to eat the Mango salad though as it is tooooooo yummy!!!
Ooh, thanks for sharing your yummy recipe Janet! :-D
I'm going to make this even though B. doesn't like mangoes. Is she nuts? ;-) More for me that way!
