http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:45:21 +0000 c606305@http://metachat.org Here's the recipe: Black Bean Mango Salad Ingredients: 1 mango, peeled, pitted and cubed 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 4 green onions, thinly sliced 1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 ears of corn, husked or 1 cup frozen corn, thawed 3 cups cooked black beans or 2 (15 ounce) cans no-or-low salt black beans drained and rinsed 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon ground cumin dash chili powder 9 cups chopped romaine lettuce Instructions: If using fresh corn on the cob, steam for 7 minutes or until tender, drain, cool and cut kernels off the cob, cutting close to the cob. Mix all the ingredients, except the lettuce in a bowl. Let stand for at least 15 minutes. Serve on top of the lettuce. The vegetable mixture without the mango can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. Add the mango and a splash of lime juice just before serving.
Black Bean Mango Salad

Ingredients:
1 mango, peeled, pitted and cubed
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
4 green onions, thinly sliced
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
2 ears of corn, husked or 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
3 cups cooked black beans or 2 (15 ounce) cans no-or-low salt black beans drained and rinsed
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon ground cumin
dash chili powder
9 cups chopped romaine lettuce

Instructions:
If using fresh corn on the cob, steam for 7 minutes or until tender, drain, cool and cut kernels off the cob, cutting close to the cob.
Mix all the ingredients, except the lettuce in a bowl. Let stand for at least 15 minutes. Serve on top of the lettuce.

The vegetable mixture without the mango can be made a day ahead and refrigerated. Add the mango and a splash of lime juice just before serving.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606305 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:01:06 +0000 c606307@http://metachat.org You mean I gotta make it myself? That's hardly even sharing! http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606307 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:12:06 +0000 c606309@http://metachat.org That's a lot of work for lunch. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606309 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:18:01 +0000 c606310@http://metachat.org Not much work . . . Took about 15 minutes to make. (I used frozen corn, zapped on defrost in microwave.). Serves 6 portions at least. Sorry, Eide. At least you got the recipe!
Sorry, Eide. At least you got the recipe!]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606310 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:20:46 +0000 c606311@http://metachat.org Took about 15 minutes to make. Maybe I'm just not a morning person but I can just about manage to make coffee and eat a clif bar before I leave for work. Managing to assemble a lunch out of 12 separate ingredients? Handling sharp knives? Never going to happen. Took about 15 minutes to make.

Maybe I'm just not a morning person but I can just about manage to make coffee and eat a clif bar before I leave for work. Managing to assemble a lunch out of 12 separate ingredients? Handling sharp knives? Never going to happen.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606311 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:31:54 +0000 c606312@http://metachat.org You know, FedEx Next Day, with an ice pack or two, and you COULD actually share it with us. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606312 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:07:28 +0000 c606318@http://metachat.org That sounds wonderful! http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606318 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:35:24 +0000 c606321@http://metachat.org I want some right now! http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606321 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:42:01 +0000 c606322@http://metachat.org Sorry, Eide. At least you got the recipe! As useful to me as a box of punch cards to a toddler. ;) Sorry, Eide. At least you got the recipe!
As useful to me as a box of punch cards to a toddler. ;)]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606322 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:06:57 +0000 c606332@http://metachat.org It does sound good! Mmm. Took about 15 minutes to make. Maybe I'm just not a morning person but I have a similar black bean salad that gets better overnight. Maybe you could mix it up in the evening and just spoon some over the lettuce in the morning. bearwife, can this sit happily in the fridge overnight or does the mango get icky?
Took about 15 minutes to make.

Maybe I'm just not a morning person but

I have a similar black bean salad that gets better overnight. Maybe you could mix it up in the evening and just spoon some over the lettuce in the morning. bearwife, can this sit happily in the fridge overnight or does the mango get icky? ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606332 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:05:46 +0000 c606336@http://metachat.org I made it the night before and refrigerated it. This looks to be my lunch all week, and I am pretty happy about that. I'm just tossing it and a cup of torn lettuce into a container and taking it to work every day. (You, too, could do this, Eide, as no actual cooking is involved, just chopping and stirring.) I used a honey mango that was perfectly ripe and threw it in before I saw the advice in the recipe to add just before serving. It seems to have melded into the rest of the salad in a very tasty way. But if you like separate mango chunks, Elsa, I'd keep the mango separate and add with some lime juice just before serving.
(You, too, could do this, Eide, as no actual cooking is involved, just chopping and stirring.)

I used a honey mango that was perfectly ripe and threw it in before I saw the advice in the recipe to add just before serving. It seems to have melded into the rest of the salad in a very tasty way. But if you like separate mango chunks, Elsa, I'd keep the mango separate and add with some lime juice just before serving.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/16/must_share_awesome_lunch_with_you#c606336