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I love salad with black beans and corn, too. I add sliced red onion and lime cilantro dressing. Yum!
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Mom of 4, try the crockpot. Depending on how long you want to cook them for, you may not have to soak overnight.
For my blackbean soup, I soak overnight then put them in for 8 hrs on low. They have enough breakup for me that sometimes I dont need to mash. In your case, you want them whole, so you dont need to cook them as long, but if you did cook them 8 hrs, you probably wont need to soak them.
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AHERRINGTON
3/29/07 10:35 A
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| I second that on the Asian Salad from McDonald's. It's the best and tops any of Wendy's salads for sure. And it's all because of the edamame!
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Thats good to know...I prefer the asia salad with grilled chicken..only 300 calories, and I use the balsamic vin.
ust my prferences...I love the edamame!
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| Hey all I run an Mcdonald's and we are getting a southwest salad it's onlyh 330 calories and tasted today and i was impressed I'm not a big salad eater but looks like a good option for dieters on the go.
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MOMOF4GREATKIDS
3/24/07 10:45 A
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Thank you ChefChip, I appreciate your advice. The recipe looks delicious and I wanted to use dry beans, for the very reason you cite, to reduce the sodium.
This is really good to know, I love to use beans and this prep method is so simple, I can use dry beans to keep the sodium down, and get it done in time for dinner!
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To lessen the sodium don't use canned anything! Washing canned vegetables actually lessens nutrtional value, but retains the sodium. I prefer frozen!
Heres a tip for beans: NO NEED TO SOAK OVERNIGHT!
Put in a stock or sauce pot fill with cold water.
Place this on stove top, bring to a boil. Boil five minutes. Remove from heat, strain beans.
Replace beans in pot, add more cold water and repeat.
Depending on beans you may have to do this procedure a total of three times, but twice usually produces a nice tender bean (slightly al dente).
Let the beans cool, and use.
Total cooking time less than 1 hour, and tyou retain most of the nutrients!
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HI I love corn, and black beans; they just seem to go together. I use canned black beans, they are already cooked. To lessen the sodium, rinse well with water and drain.
karie
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MOMOF4GREATKIDS
3/23/07 12:45 P
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There s a highly rated, editor's choice recipe called "all purpose southwestern corn and black bean salad".
It sounds delicious and I want to try it.
However, it calls for a pressure cooker to cook the beans.
Does anyone know of an appopriate alternative method for cooking beans besides a pressure cooker? Thank you very much.
Colleen
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