Hola Amigos!
Happy Monday pals. Hope you all have a fun-filled week ahead. Since 2-3 days I haven’t posted any recipes on the blog and I am sure my foodie friends must be missing me. So to make up for the wait I’ve got a quick & tempting recipe on the menu for you. Today being Monday, the beginning of a new week, I wanted to cook something quick, delicious & healthy. Something that could be made in minutes & from the ingredients easy available in my home. Since what I found is a can of Red Kidney Beans, an Avocado & some Spanish Olives, I ended up making my own version of Mexican style Salad in 10 mins. It was delicious & healthy. We loved it. Now I am
excited to share the same with you all. Hope you all have fun making and relishing it.
Avocado, Spanish Olive & Red Beans Salad (Mexican Style)
Serving: 2-3 people
Prep Time: 10-15 mins
Ingredients:
1 can of Red kidney Beans
1 cup Spanish Olives
1 Big Florida Avocado
1 small onion cut in thin slices
¼ cup chopped Cilantro
For Dressing:
1 tbsp. Olive oil
1 tsp. Honey
1 pc lime or lemon juice (you can also use 1 tbsp. vinegar)
¼ tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. cayenne Pepper / Paprika powder (as per taste)
¼ -1/2 tsp. black pepper powder (as per taste)
1 tsp. Taco seasoning
Salt to taste
Pinch of Black poppy seeds & sesame seeds to sprinkle
Method:
Take a can of Red kidney Beans and wash them. Let them drain. Cut onion into thin slices. Remove pulp from Avocado as shown in picture. Cut them into cubes or chunks. Next, wash and drain the olives if they are bottled or canned. Also wash and chop the cilantro leaves. Now add all of them into a serving tray or salad bowl.
Dressing: In a bowl, take olive oil, honey, salt, taco seasoning, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, black pepper powder & lemon juice. Mix well and add black poppy seeds and sesame seeds (if available) to the dressing.
Now add the dressing to the ready salad ingredients and mix it with a light hand to avoid the avocado pieces from getting mashed. Leave it for 2-3 mins and serve. You can serve it with tortilla chips or any other chips or can have it just like that:)
Enjoy:)
Note: I have used canned Red Kidney Beans but, you can definitely soak dry kidney beans overnight or for 6-7 hrs. Now pressure cook them or boil them adding salt. Once they are cooked, drain water from them and use them for salad.
