best warm-weather BEAN recipes please :)

[dauphinette]

Back to vegetarian after a few years of WAP and trying to regain a bean repertoire, lol.

Please hit me up with your favorite warm weather bean recipes as I live in the south and it is definately hot hot hot so chili or heavy curries etc. just wont do right now :), thanks so much!

[BetsyS]

Black bean corn salad with avocado added.

Bean and cheese tacos or burritos.

lentil/rice taco filling

texas caviar

a new one to me we enjoyed--just leave out the chicken.  It was surprisingly good for such a simple meal.  http://dinnerdujour.org/2010/03/02/red-chile-chicken-and-rice-with-black-beans/

[dauphinette]

Oooh, thanks for all of those, I dont know why I never think of texas caviar because I really like it ans have a good recipe for it.

Also excited about the lentil and rice taco filling, yum!

[catnip]

My favorite hot weather dinner:

3-4 cups cooked quinoa

1 bunch parsley, chopped in a food processor
1 sprig mint, chopped in a food processor

1/2 red onion, diced
1 clove garlic, crushed

1/2 cup dried fruit (I use a combo of raisins and chopped unsulphured apricots)
1/4 cup chopped roasted almonds
2 cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained

Fresh ground pepper
Juice of one lemon
2 TBS olive oil
1/2 tsp salt

I usually make this first thing in the AM so that it is cold and ready to eat at dinner time.

[dauphinette]

mmmm, that is right up my alley, I grow my own herbs and am always looking to throw them in everything :)

[catnip]

I often serve it with hummus, cucumber, melon and pita or lavash.

[clovergirl]

My suggestion is similar to Catnip's... it's a tabouli-esqe salad made with quinoa instead of bulgar and with added chickpeas.  So... quinoa, chickpeas, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, and parsley tossed with a dressing made of olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, crushed garlic, salt and pepper.  Yum.

[clovergirl]

I forgot to post a link to my other favorite!  Quinoa salad with black beans and mango.  Super yum!

http://www.theppk.com/2010/04/quinoa-salad-with-black-beans-mango/

[dauphinette]

omg, I am getting hungry, it is to close to dinner to reading all these yummy ideas.  I love the idea of using the quinoa instead of bulgur for the tabbouleh and then of course that black bean mango quinoa is going on the menu for tomorow cause I have all of the ingredients and an overactive cilantro patch, lol...

And I liked how the guy who posted the recipe for the black bean mango salad said that you could think of it more as an idea than  a discipline...I will use that to mix and match things to make cold grain salads for the old mans lunch box   he will likey.

[dauphinette]

Originally Posted by catnip 

I often serve it with hummus, cucumber, melon and pita or lavash.

[Malva]

We love this recipe later in the summer when the tomatoes are plentiful. It's basically roasted tomatoes and onions on good bread with white beans.

http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/09/roasted-tomatoes-and-cipollini/