So here you go. This is a recipe my neighbor, who is also vegetarian, made us when I had pneumonia last year. It is soooo yummy. You're supposed to eat it with chips..... but we will be doing without those while we're on the beginning stages of the South Beach Diet. I double the recipe and put some in the freezer (it freezes really well) or if you're like us we eat it for a couple of nights.FRESH BEAN AND SALSA DIP
Rinse: 2 cans black beans
1 can small white beans
1 can black-eyed peas (I found these by the peas not the beans where you'd think they'd be)
Drain: 2 cans white shoepeg corn (I found these at Wal-Mart by Jolly Green Giant) - or not if you're Jana
Chop: green pepper
6 green onions (or 1 med. yellow or red onion)
4 large tomatoes
a bunch of cilantro
Mix together with a bottle of Italian salad dressing and refrigerate overnight (I then drain off the dressing) Makes a big pot full.
Our diet and exercise plan is rolling along smoothly since it is only day two. Andrea is not above wrestling me to the ground to retrieve a bagel I'm about to devour. Thanks, Annie, for covering my back....
Here's a few tips about healthy eating....
The first must is to plan menus for a week - we do ours from Sun. - Sat., and do the shopping on Sunday. The benefit to this is you won't be taking extra grocery trips during the week to be lured down the candy bar isle.... because you're hungry and you don't know what to make. It saves you money as well. (also that frenzied feeling you're going to get from having to drag the kids along)
Since you were good and made your list first, you know exactly what you're going to be eating that week. Now, I cut up all the vege's my recipes require (so Ken & Annie can help - remember it's Sunday.) This may take an hour or two, but it really saves time during the week, especially when you're hungry and tired at the end of the day.... and cutting up all those veges seems like too much effort. (I always have onions and green peppers cut up and in the freezer) When the kids were little I even put together what I could of their lunches. So much easier when you have everything out.... do you remember counting out the crackers in even little piles, Jana? That still makes me laugh when I think of it.... however, I still count out the tater tots to go with our burgers on Fri. nights.
