Makes 4 servings
Red beans not only contain cancer-fighting compounds, but they count toward your daily servings of fruits and vegetables. Enjoy this dip with crudite, and you’ll be well on your way to getting 5-to-9 today!
- 1 15-ounce can dark red kidney beans, undrained
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 cup fresh dill, roughly chopped
- Dash hot sauce
- 1/2 cup plain, low-fat yogurt
- 1 red bell pepper, hollowed out (with top and seeds removed)
- 1 medium bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes
- 1/2 cup mini carrots
- 1/2 cup bite-sized broccoli florets
Discard two tablespoons of liquid from the can of beans, then puree the remaining beans and bean liquid in a blender with garlic salt, pepper, cumin, dill and hot sauce. Stir in yogurt, then mound the dip in the hollowed-out bell pepper. Sit the pepper “bowl” in the center of a medium plate and surround with bell pepper strips, grape tomatoes, carrots, and broccoli florets
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