Black bean gazpacho

4 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3cupsChopped, peeled, and seeded
Tomatoes
112-oz. can (1-1/2 cups) hot
Style vegetable juice
Cocktail
1cupCubed fully cooked ham
115-oz. can black beans or
Garbanzo beans, rinsed and
Drained
½cupChopped seeded cucumber,
Yellow summer squash, and/or
Zucchini
½cupChopped green or yellow
Sweet pepper
¼cupThinly sliced green onion
2tablespoonsItalian salad dressing
Bottled hot pepper sauce
(optional)

Directions

IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL comine tomatoes, juice, ham, beans, cucumber or squash, chopped pepper, green onion, and dressing. Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours. If desired, serve with bottled hot pepper sauce.

Makes 4 main-dish servings.

Nutrition facts per serving: 201 cal., 6 g total fat (1 g sat. fat), 11 mg chol., 1,247 mg sodium, 25 g carbo., 8 g fiber, 17 g pro. Daily Value: 17% vit. A, 82% vit. C, 8% calcium, 19% iron.

SOURCE: BETTER HOMES AND GARDEN, July 1993 Shared by Cate Vanicek

Recipe courtesy of: Catherine Vanicek, 06 Jun 93 23:12:08 Submitted By LAWRENCE KELLIE On 01-09-95