Pinto Beans - Tex-Mex Style
From All-Creatures.org Vegan Recipe Book: How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat

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Ingredients

3 cups Pinto Beans, cooked or canned
1 Onion, medium size
1 - 6-oz. can Tomato Paste
1 Jalapeno Pepper OR Cayenne Pepper, ground OR Hot Sauce (to taste)
1 tsp. Garlic, crushed (optional)
2 tbsp. Lemon Juice
1 cup Nutritional Yeast, flakes
2 tsp. Chili Powder
2 tsp. Cumin, ground
2 tsp. Basil, dried
2 tsp. Cilantro, dried

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Preparation

Pinto beans - Tex-Mex style is a quick and easy vegan recipe for making a multi-purpose Tex-Mex style treat, which can be used as filling for celery, lettuce leaves, pita bread, tortillas, for a topping for pizza or baked potatoes, for mixing into a tossed salad, or as a dip. Preparation time is about 15 minutes, and leftovers can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerator for a few days.

Place the pre-cooked or drained canned pinto beans in bowl suitable for using a potato masher.

Wash, peel, and finely dice the onion, and add to the beans.

Peel and crush the garlic, and add to the beans.

If using a jalapeno pepper, wash, remove the stem, and finely dice or chop, and add to the bowl, or add some ground cayenne pepper or hot sauce to taste.

Add the other ingredients, and mash with a potato masher until 1/2 to 3/4 of the pinto beans have been crushed, and mix thoroughly.

Serve and enjoy!

Ingredients Information

Basil, Sweet Dried

Beans, Pinto

Beans, Pinto, Canned

Chili Powder

Cilantro, Dried Leaves

Cumin, ground

Garlic

Lemon Juice, Reconstituted

Onions, Yellow

Pepper - Hot Red, ground (Cayenne)

Pepper Sauce - Hot Red

Pepper, Jalapeno

Tomato Paste

Nutritional Yeast

Utensils and Equipment Information

Bowls, Mixing and Serving

Bowls, Stainless Steel Mixing

Garlic Press

Knives

Masher, Potato

Measuring Cups, Dry

Measuring Cup, Liquid

Measuring Spoons

Spoon, Large Mixing

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The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31): 'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!