- prep: 5 min
- cook: 10 min
- total: 15 min
Summary
Very Veggie Rice and Beans – EASY, ready in 15 minutes, and amps up rice and beans with an abundance of vegetables!! Healthy, Mexican-inspired food that tastes like comfort food and keeps you satisfied for hours!!
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large sweet Vidalia onion, diced small
- 1 large red bell pepper, diced small
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 to 1/2 cups corn (I used frozen and added it straight from the freezer)
- 1 cup peas (I used frozen and added it straight from the freezer)
- one 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed (I use no-salt added)
- one 8-ounce package precooked white rice (another cooked rice may be substituted)
- 1 to 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- pinch cayenne pepper, optional and to taste
- 2 to 3 green onions, sliced into thin rounds
- 2 to 4 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 5
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 117 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 8 g 12.94%
- Saturated Fat: 1 g 5.75%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 427 mg 17.78%
- Calcium: 16 mg 1.55%
- Potassium: 58 mg 1.65%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 6.13%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 9 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 8.44%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 62.29%
- Vitamin C 7.88%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat2
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq