Jicama, Tomato, and Black Bean Salad

Jicama, Tomato, and Black Bean Salad (Phase 1)

Prep time: 15 minutes

Makes 4 (1-cup) servings

Description
Jicama, a delightfully crunchy Mexican root vegetable, is often eaten raw in salads and slaws. Tossed with a zesty lime dressing and mixed with beans and juicy tomatoes, it makes an easy, irresistible salad. Prepare a double batch and take it along to your next potluck—just be ready to share the recipe!

Ingredients
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 (15-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 small jicama, peeled and chopped
3 tablespoons diced red onion
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
Whisk together lime juice, garlic, and cumin in a large mixing bowl; slowly whisk in oil. Add beans, jicama, tomatoes, onion, and cilantro. Toss to combine, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

This recipe is from The South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Cookbook. To learn more about the book, click here.

Nutritional Information
190 calories
11 g fat (1.5 g sat)
22 g carbohydrate
4 g protein
9 g fiber
400 mg sodium

this sounds absolutely delicious!  Thanks for the recipe!

Dee

hmmm I've never had jicama before...does anyone know what it tastes like?

think of it as if an apple and a tator had a kid... it would be jicama... lol... crisp like an apple but to me a cleaner taste... but it can take on great flavors...

hmmmm now it sounds even yummier!

A Jica-what?  Ah poop.  I gotta peel it and chop it ???  Oh boy... Alright...I might actually try this one...On my own even...Maybe...one day...I think I have an anxiety pill around here somewhere...

Shauna

Now the nurses at work are talking about putting me in the psych "quiet room" because I'm am shaking my head and laughing my ass off.

610-330-9801 is the number for kitchen-peeling-chopping-break-out-into-a-cold-sweat hotline number.

Personal support is available as well.

Pam

Three loooong years ago I came up with "personal support group"...and now it's finally come full circle.  I've been found out and I can't hide it ANY more...I don't have a single drop 'o Martha or margarine,  Jica-what or  quina-whatever in me anywhere...but I WILL eat it ALL as long as it's vegetarian and made by Liz or Pam or one of my other talented WLS sisters or brothers.  Just don't ask me to make it without a straight jacket and the hotline so lovingly listed above.

Shauna

I think Val feels the same way you do...I remember after her first cooking class she mentioned something about possibly needing a paper bag to breathe in and out of when somebody asked her to chop something, LOL

Maybe you guys could have your own cooking support group - only - it would be those afflicted with kitchen anxiety disorder?

Pam

Wow, how liberating to put a name to it! I have K.A.D.!!!!!! 

Shauna's updated listing of diagnoses:
migraines
post-op WLS
reactive hypoglycemia
K.A.D.
anemia

I wonder if it'll fit on my medi-alert bracelet???

Love ya' Pam!

Shauna