Posted by Carole-Anne on April 19, 2008
CURRIED BLACK BEAN STEW
This healthy recipe is a vegan main dish and is fabulous served with a spicy mango chutney. Try it – you will love it.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion diced
6 cups butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1″ cubes
1 tbsp curry powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp cracked pepper
2 cups low-sodium, organic vegetable broth
2 – 19 oz cans organic low-sodium black beans, drained and rinsed well
8 whole apricots, chopped coarsely
NOW FOLLOW ME:
Heat extra virgin olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet. Saute chopped onion until medium brown – 2 minutes.
Add cubed squash; saute for 5 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
Add curry, cinnamon, and cracked pepper and saute for another minute or until spices are well mixed into saute.
Add vegetable broth. Stir well, scraping fried pieces off the bottom of the pan to prevent stew from sticking to pot.
Stir in black beans and apricots. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and let simmer for 35 minutes, or until squash is thoroughly softened. Stir occasionally. Let sit for 10 minutes, stir again. Voila – Curried Black Bean Stew is ready to serve.
Serve with my scrumptious baking powder biscuits, under Bread, Muffins, Bicuits. Enjoy!
Healthy Recipe makes 4 – 1 3/4 cup servings. This is wonderful!
Posted by Carole-Anne on March 24, 2008
Healthy Recipes now has tried a wonderful black bean chili. It does have ground beef in it, but for vegetarians, remove the beef and add another variety of beans or orzo grain pasta to replace the beef. I have tried it both ways and like the orzo grain recipe just as much if not more than the beef recipe.
INGREDIENTS:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion chopped
8 oz very lean ground beef (for Vegetarian, use kidney beans, 1 – 14 0z can and/or make Orzo (grain pasta) and add it to recipe with beans.
2 tsp chili powder
1 cans 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes with green chilies in them
1 cup water.
NOW FOLLOW ME:
In a large skillet (do not use Teflon), add 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil and chopped onion. Simmer until beef is browned and onions are transparent.(15 minutes).
Stir in chili powder and cook for 2 minutes.
Stir in 2 cans black beans (or kidney beans and/or prepared Orzo), 1 can tomatoes with green chilies, and 1 cup water.
Heat to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer for 25 minutes. This allows the mixture to thicken on it’s own.
Stir occasionally.
Awesome healthy recipe makes 5 cups (vegetarian dish may contain more). I find it so satisfying when a recipe can be used either way, because many people have stopped eating red meat. So go for it. You will love the taste of this healthy recipe.
Healthy Recipe makes 5 – 6 cups of Black Bean Chili.
