I eat in phases, I’ve always done this. Sometimes it will be a bagel sandwich every day for months, or once it was a pretty serious Kale phase, that I’m now thinking of renewing. Then there are the egg phases, where my breakfast is always an egg, always. My current breakfast victim is oatmeal studded with walnuts and pears, and I’ve been doing this for longer than I can remember. All this to say, I’m not very creative from day to day in what I eat for breakfast. Since I’m doing a little black bean “segment,” I will share a former breakfast obsession that I was eating for a while. Let me preface, because I am sure you were wondering, I’m a girl who needs protein. Coffee and toast just leave me hungry in an hour, well so does oatmeal but I still eat it anyway. This meal, though, is nice and light and very satisfying. If you like or love beans, this is for you. Seriously.
Black Bean & Egg Taco
1 egg white, cooked
1/4 cup cooked black beans
1 corn tortilla
**salsa**
dollop of sour cream
Optional: everything!
I’m pretty lazy. I cook my egg in a little ceramic dish in the microwave for 30 seconds. It works like a charm and then I have less dishes. Heat up your corn tortilla, and pile it up with beans, egg, salsa and a dollop of sour cream, that’s my preference anyway. Be careful, they are messy and drippy. Fork or napkin required.
Salsa
2 lbs roma tomatoes
1 large white onion
2 -3 jalapeno peppers
1 whole garlic bulb, cut in half
2 Tbsp. olive oil
juice of 1 lime
1/4 - 1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
Optional: 1 -2 chipotle peppers. I used A HALF, because I live with weenies.
You can roast your tomatoes or not, it’s great either way.
For roasting: Cut your onion into 6 wedges and toss into a large bowl. Cut your tomatoes in half, and place in bowl along with the garlic bulb, halved as well. Drizzle with olive oil to coat, and then place on a cookie sheet with the tomatoes cut side up. Roast at 400 for 25-30 minutes or until the tomatoes start to break down slightly and the onion is beginning to caramelize. Or roast on the barbeque!
After letting the tomatoes cool, chop them up along with the garlic (take out the cloves now), the onion and jalapenos. If you like things spicy, you could leave some of the jalapeno seeds, but I deseeded all of mine since, I live with the weenies. Add the olive oil, lime juice, and chopped cilantro and season with salt and pepper to taste. Now if you don’t like chunky salsa you could blend the tomatoes up before adding everything or just blend a few of the tomato halves, but I’m just too lazy for that.
If you don’t want to roast, then simply chop everything up as is and toss into a bowl until combined. Simple stuff really.
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I do it the same way. I eat the same thing for weeks.
me too! i can eat the same thing for a month and then all of a sudden i am done with it
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