Lettuce Boats With Black Bean Salsa

My son and I started our holiday baking this weekend which is one of our favorite traditions. Since I knew he would be sampling all the sweet treats, I thought we would make a healthy lunch before we started.  We made  lettuce boats filled with a fresh black bean salsa.  They were so delicious that we just had to share the recipe on our blog! 

My son used to love tomatoes, but had stopped eating them a few months ago.  This recipe has tomatoes and once again he likes them.  Just a quick tip:  Keep introducing and re-introducing different vegetables to your kids and different ways to eat them!  Salsa is very flavorful and a fun way to eat veggies.  Below is our delicious new recipe!

Yield:  About 3 cups of salsa

​Ingredients:
​Romaine Lettuce (Romaine lettuce works best for the "boats")
Separate lettuce leaves, rinse and pat dry

Black Bean Salsa

• ​15 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained (you can also use garbanzo beans, pinto beans or any favorite bean)
• ​1 tomato
• ​1/4 red onion
• ​1 garlic clove
• ​1 handful of cilantro (or parsley)
• ​Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 tsp salt
• ​1/2 tsp cumin
• ​(Can also use veggies such as red bell pepper and cucumber)

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Directions:

1. Add  tomato, onion, garlic, cilantro, lemon and seasonings to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.  (If you don't have a food processor, finely chop by hand).
2. ​Add to large bowl and mix in black beans.
3. ​Fill lettuce boats with salsa and serve!  I could barely get photos because my son ate them so fast! 

It doesn't get much easier than this to put together a quick and healthy lunch!  We hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and all your fun, family traditions! 

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