Two-Bean Salad

A Russian-style layered salad filled with substantial
stick-to-the-ribs ingredients.

Two-bean Salad with chopped egg

We collected these ingredients:

Black beans
Sweet peas
Carrot
Celery
Tomato
Green onion
Spinach leaves
Lemon juice
Hard-boiled egg

Then we layered them:

Start with spinach leaves in a small bowl.

Add ingredients; do not stir.  We did it in this order:

Spinach
Black Beans
Diced celery
Diced tomato (salt and pepper the tomato layer)
Canned sweet peas
Mayonnaise, spread across the peas
Diced carrot
Diced green onion
Diced egg
Lemon juice
... and vegetable oil drizzled around the top.

Refrigerate for a time.

Garnish with lemon slices and the last bit of green onion

To see a full set of photographs showing how this dish was made, go to this set on flickr.   (It will open in a new tab or window; to return to this page, just close it.) The small pictures are thumbnails; click on each one to see it full-size, and to read the comments under it.  If you prefer to use the slideshow feature, you won't see the captions unless you click on "show info" (top right).

This recipe is #88 in the Baker's Dozen Challenge Countdown.

Black Bean and Chicken Chili

Black beans and chicken go well in an otherwise standard chili recipe.

Black Bean and Chicken Chili

1 quart chicken stock
1 - 6-oz can tomato paste

1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup steamed kale

1/3 cup chopped peppers
2 cups cooked black beans

1 cup diced chicken (not shown)
1 Tb cider vinegar
1 Tb Sugar
Chili powder to taste
Cumin to taste
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves

Put all but the cilantro leaves in a covered saucepan. Heat to simmering and cook for 5 minutes or longer, until onion is translucent.  Turn off heat, add cilantro leaves, let rest for 5 minutes and serve.

To see a full set of photographs showing how this dish was made, go to this set on flickr.   (It will open in a new tab or window; to return to this page, just close it.) The small pictures are thumbnails; click on each one to see it full-size, and to read the comments under it.  If you prefer to use the slideshow feature, you won't see the captions unless you click on "show info" (top right).

This recipe is #91 in the Baker's Dozen Challenge Countdown.