Limed Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Corn

Morning snack: Stonefield yogurt and mixed nuts (almonds and pistachios)

Lunch: Limed black bean, sweet potato and corn, quesadilla and pomegranate

Afternoon snack: Triscuits with almond butter, honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon and clementines

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Limed black beans, sweet potato and corn

Ingredients

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled, diced and steamed

1 cup steamed corn

2 cups black beans

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp paprika

3 1/2 TBS fresh lime juice

salt to taste

**1/4 tsp cayenne pepper if you and the kids can take it

Method

Place everything, except the sweet potatoes, in a bowl and combine.  Because the sweet potatoes are steamed they are a bit fragile.  Gently fold in sweet potatoes and enjoy!!  

Alternatively, if you want the sweet potatoes to be a bit more firm you can bake them.  To bake the sweet potatoes line a baking sheet with foil and set the oven to 425 degrees.  Rub diced raw sweet potatoes with olive oil, making sure to coat evenly.  Sprinkle the sweet potatoes with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper (if applicable).  Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes, depending on how small the sweet potatoes are diced.

This concoction is great hot or cold, it's especially delicious on corn tortillas, or maybe that's just the Mexican in me.

Easy peasy 5 minute meal

Morning snack: Raspberries and pistachios

Lunch: Steamed vegetables with vegetarian ground beef, avocado and cucumbers

Afternoon snack: Cheese stick, grapes and almonds

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This is really just a conglomerate of what is left in my refrigerator right now.  I usually go to the grocery store on Wednesdays.  I'm not sure how I ended up on that routine but I have found that the grocery store ends up less crowded on Wednesday afternoons.  (Well except for Thanksgiving week.  I completely avoid the grocery store that week.) 

It definitely has become a routine.  I usually pick LQ up early from school.  She actually gets excited about the grocery store.  It's the cutest thing!  She likes to point out all the fruits and vegetables that she know, which are a lot considering she's only 3.  Then we hit up the deli where she always asks for a "circle cheese".  Its a colby jack, I think.  But all the deli workers know her and she even has a favorite, Ron.  They give each other a stare down before he finally breaks down with a laugh.  She calls him her guy. Like I said, very cute.  

So anyway, I didn't get a chance to go to the grocery store yesterday so this is really all I had left in my fridge.  Lucky for me LQ likes all of these...score!