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A Recipe by Dr. Dick Dyer Here's an intriguing recipe for hash that uses no meat, but combines potatoes and kidney beans to create a savory and healthy hash. I say it's healthy because Dick's wife is a registered dietician specializing in cancer survivors--and she put the recipe on her web site as an example of excellent nutrition.
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Dr. Dick's Lean and Mean Kidney Bean Hash
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1/2 red pepper, chopped
2 to 3 boiled potatoes, chilled and diced with skins still on
1 15-ounce can kidney beans
1/2 cup water
dash of salt
dash of pepper
dash of garlic powder
dash of Tabasco sauce
dash of Mrs. Dash seasoning
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Saute the onion until it's soft. Add the green and red peppers and saute briefly.
Add the diced potatoes and mix well. Cook for 10 minutes, turning with a spatula every 2 minutes.
While the potato mixture cooks, rinse the beans well to remove the "goo," then mash 1/2 to 2/3 of the beans with a potato masher. Mix the beans into the mixture in the frying pan, add 1/2 cup water, and cover. Cook over medium heat for another 5 minutes.
Season to taste. Serve and enjoy.
This serves two or maybe just one very hungry person. (The first time Dick made it, his wife ate it all because she was VERY hungry and it was, as she said, "soooo good.")
Alternative Suggestion
For turkey hash, substitute diced turkey for the kidney beans. Or leave in the beans and just add turkey. Either way, it's a great way to use up left-over turkey.
Editor's Note
When Diana Dyer asked if she could use one of our Bean Bible recipes on her website, I went to check out her site, www.cancerRD.com. In addition to a lot of incredibly useful information for cancer survivors, I found the recipe above, which looked like something our readers would enjoy. So we swapped permissions and links.
Diana describes herself and her site thus, "Inspirational site created by a dietitian who is a 3-time cancer survivor, including neuroblastoma and breast cancer twice. You will find nutrition information and healthful low-fat, light recipes of benefit to all cancer patients." It's a high-quality site full of useful information. You'll like it, even if you've never had to deal with cancer.
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This excellent book, 366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, and Grains, gives you 366 recipes for healthful, delicious bean, rice, and grain dishes from all over the world. Yes, they're primarily vegetarian recipes, but the book does include variations on the recipes that use salmon, shrimp, and chicken. Mouthwatering ethnic recipes are mixed with other "natural gourmet" items that are fascinating to read, fun to prepare, and a delight to eat. How do Smoky Black Bean Burritos sound? Or how about Pesto Pasta with Cranberry Beans? I'm ready to start cooking right now.
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The Bean Book Roy F. Guste, Jr., former proprietor of Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans and noted cookbook author, has put together this wonderful collection of recipes for bean dishes from around the world. Everything you can imagine is in here; the variety of recipes is amazing. It includes "light" versions and a full nutritional analysis of each recipe. How does Bourbon and Black Bean Pie sound? Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with your Slow Cooker We usually feature bean cookbooks here, but this superb slow cooker (crock pot) cookbook has at least a hundred great bean recipes in it! My wife brought it home and I'm sold on it. The "Bean Main Dishes" section alone has 53 recipes. Recipes are short, simple, tasty, and don't use weird ingredients that you don't already have. And, while I'm excited about the bean recipes (the Sausage Bean Quickie will be the first one we try), the rest of the recipes also look wonderful. The cover says it's a "National #1 bestselling cookbook!" I believe it. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
Easy Beans: Fast and Delicious Bean, Pea, and Lentil Recipes, Second Editon Now in a new and improved second edition, this easy-to-use and highly popular cookbook makes cooking with beans as easy as it can possibly be. No soaking beans, no complex recipes with wild, improbable ingredients. The book lives up to its promise of easy, tasty, fun recipes. Highly recommended by Bean Bible!
