Southwestern Beans on Toast

As we are headed into spring, I am continuously looking for new and exciting light recipes. These southwestern beans on toast are satisfying and make for a quick work night meal that is packed with protein.

Southwestern Beans on Toast

Ingredients:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp ground cumin

1/2 cup vegetable broth

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

4 slices Italian bread

1 1/4 cups grated low-fat cheddar cheese

2 tbsp chopped cilantro

 

Directions:

• Preheat broiler in oven
• Heat a saucepan over medium. Add oil, then chili powder and cumin. Cook for 1 min. Add broth and beans. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid reduces slightly, about 6 min. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
• Arrange bread slices on baking sheet. Top each with cheese. Toast in upper third of oven until cheese is melted and edges toasted, 2 to 3 min. Remove bread to plates. Spoon beans over top. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve with Fresh Tex-Mex salad.

Makes 4 servings at 7 PP+ per serving.

Tex-Mex Salad

Ingredients:

2 tbsp lime juice

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp minced ginger

1/8 tsp salt

1 tbsp vegetable oil

4 cup baby spinach

1/4 red onion, thinly sliced

1 firm, ripe avocado, peeled and sliced

 

Directions:

• Whisk lime juice with honey, ginger and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in oil until combined.
• Add spinach, red onion and avocado. Toss until well coated. Divide among 4 plates and serve.

For the salad, I would count all veggies as free, and only count the oil, honey and avocado into my daily points. This calculates the salad to be 4 PP+ per serving.

Total PP+ for toast and salad = 11 PP+ for the entire meal. I served two pieces of toast and used some of my weekly points for a total of 18 PP+.

Enjoy!
recipes adapted from: chatelaine.com

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Almond Pear Sandwich

My co-worker and I are currently doing a lunch exchange program (that's a topic for another blog post), and this is the sandwich I brought for us today.

 

I was skeptical of the recipe at first; goat cheese, apricots, almond butter.. what in the heck? But the mix was delightful for my taste buds and made me wanting to go back for more. This will definitely become one of my lunch go-to's in the future.

The best part? 10 PP+ per serving. Not bad for a gourmet lunch that satisfies every craving. 

Almond Pear Sandwich

Ingredients: 

1/3 cup almond butter
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp honey
8 slices 100% whole grain bread, I used sunflower red fife bread
1 pear, preferably Anjou, thinly sliced
1/3 cup dried apricots, chopped
2 oz semi-soft goat cheese, crumbled

Directions:

In bowl, whisk together almond butter, cinnamon, vanilla, and honey. Spread almond butter mixture on 4 slices of bread. Top with pear slices, apricots, goat cheese, and remaining bread slices. Slice in half if desired.

Serves 4
recipe from alive.com

Enjoy!!