May Q-Pon - Black Beans

Some of summer's best salads use black beans. With Shelf Reliance's special pricing on #10 cans of black beans, now is the time to stock up. Check out the recipe below to get an idea of how you can easily use THRIVE black beans to make a super delicious, super easy black bean salsa. Contact me to make sure you get this terrific deal.

THRIVE Black Bean And Corn Salsa

by Natalie Riley

Yield

10 servings

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 c thrive black beans
• 1 1⁄4 sli thrive pinto beans
• 3⁄4 c thrive sweet corn
• 1 cn chopped green chiles, undrained
• 1⁄2 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 c cilantro leaves, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 c red or white vinegar
• 1⁄2 c vegetable oil
• 1⁄4 c thrive white sugar
• thrive salt and cracked black pepper to taste

Instructions

*Cook beans if needed.

*in a small bowl, add sweet corn and cover with warm water. Let sit 5-10 minutes or until corn is softened and rehydrated. Drain.

*Mix black beans, pinto beans, corn, green chiles, red onion and cilantro together in a large bowl.

*To make the dressing, stir the vinegar, vegetable oil, and sugar together in a pan. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat, and cool. Pour dressing over bean mixture, and toss to coat evenly.

Notes

Other optional ingredients: jalapenos, diced avocado and diced tomatoes.