"Default User" > wrote in message
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>I have some canned black beans in the pantry I'd like to use up. I'd be
> interested in recipes that you've made featuring that ingredient.
>
> I'd like something besides chili or beans and rice sort of recipes.
> Again, I'd be interested in dishes you've made, not ones looked up on
> the web.

Some people put them on green salads. I don't like them that way.

You can make a salad with those (drained), chopped tomato, corn (I use it
raw, cut from the ear), onion, lime juice, olive oil, salt, pepper and
cilantro. Add a little chopped jalapeno if you like heat.

You can make them into burritos. Take a largish flour tortilla that has been
softened (20 sec. in microwave) and roll them inside. You can add cheese if
you want.Roll it up and eat or make it wet by adding a tomato based sauce
and heat through.

You can make enchiladas. You'll need corn tortillas. For the rolled kind,
you'll need to soften the tortillas. Even quicker is the Sonoran style. Put
a layer of tortillas in a baking dish, then layer on beans and cheese and
another layer of tortillas. You can do as many layers as you want. Top with
enchilada or some form of tomato sauce. I like to add chopped tomatoes and
strips of or chopped green bell peppers and white onion, then a little
cilantro. Heat through.

You can mash slightly, add cheese, tomatoes, onions, hot peppers and heat
through for a bean dip.