Corn and Black Bean Salsa in Avocado Cups

Corn, black beans, and pepper in a lime vinaigrette served in avocado cups.  Vegetable appetizers for game day snacking that's good for you

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For my family, the Superbowl is usually an excuse to sit in front of the TV and eat crap snack foods.  Our list of snacks changes slightly year to year, but, like Thanksgiving, there are some standbys.  In addition to the recipes shown below, I've added a Game Day Snacks to my tags (right side bar) since we like to eat appetizers as well as sandwiches and quick snacks.  Check it out!

My son loves Buffalo Chicken dip.  Even though I wasn't planning to make it, he cobbled some together using thin sliced chicken lunchmeat, bits and pieces of cheeses, and salad dressings.  And Frank's Red Hot® sauce, of course. (There's no relationship to disclose--I buy it because I like it.)

My daughter--well, I can't say she loves guacamole, though she certainly likes it.  Making the guacamole became her job after she needed to give a speech in Spanish class and decided to demo how to make guacamole.  Yes, the apples do not fall far from the tree. :)

My spouse will eat anything, but he loves Slow Cooker Salmon Artichoke Dip and I love him, so I whipped him up a batch.  I had an ulterior motive, however--a big slab of salmon and a desire to have leftovers for this.

One problem with putting up your own corn? De-silking.  Must do better next season!

My new item was this Corn and Black Bean Salsa from Kate at Diethood.  I didn't have everything her recipe called for, but it was super easy to chop all the jalapeño, red onions, and cilantro for my daughter's guacamole and Kate's corn salsa at one time.  Since my New Year's Resolutions involve adding more avocado to my life, I served it in avocado halves and it was delicious.

Grab the following ingredients, head over to Diethood, and make yourself another Awesome Veggie Appetizer (link to my Pinterest board).  Then enjoy the game--or the commercials, or both--with something delicious to munch on.
For other recipes using Avocados, please see my Avocado Recipes Collection. For other recipes using Beans, please see my Beans (Legumes) Recipes Collection. For other recipes using Corn, please see my Corn Recipes Collection. These collections are part of the Visual Recipe Index by Ingredient. For ways to Use This Blog, please click here.

Corn and Black Bean Salsa in Avocado Cups

Ingredients

• chopped red onion
• chopped jalapeño pepper
• chopped fresh cilantro
• cooked black beans
• corn kernels (mine were thawed from putting them up during summer)
• lime juice
• salt
• olive oil
• avocados

Instructions

1. Refer to Kate's recipe for the specific amounts.  
2. In a large bowl combine all the vegetables except for the avocado.  
3. Toss with the lime vinaigrette.  
4. Serve in avocado halves (slice a little off the bottom if you want them not to slide all over the plate, or pop them in a bowl and mash the heck of out them with a fork before eating.

This year, for the Superbowl, we are down to one composting pig: Crystal (on the right).  RIP Quartz.

It doesn't matter to me what happens in between commercials.  With food like this we totally scored.  So did the composting pigs.  They loved celebrating the Superbowl with cilantro stems.


Because I like to share leftover remake ideas, on my FB page and on my G+ page I'll share the recipe for what I did with leftover guacamole and corn salsa. Get some cheese and click this link.  Everything goes better with cheese, right?

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