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"A south of the border blend of textures and flavors. serve hot as a main dish or a side dish with grilled meat or chicken."

Ingredients: cilantro, fresh ground pepper...

"This is a typical dish served in Cuba or Puerto Rico, each country has their own method of preparation. You can flavor this dish with meat, but I left it out as I serve it as a side dish with my meats. It is an easy and healthy short cut and takes about 30 minutes to cook."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, sazon goya...

"This is a variation of a cuban dish. The balsamic vinegar gives it an exceptional flavor!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, garlic...

"I found this recipe in a copy of Vegetarian Times. Gallo Pinto translates as "spotted rooster", and is a dish eaten by many Costa Ricans almost every day. The addition of ginger and Worcestershire adds a quite unique flavor to this dish."

Ingredients: ground cumin, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"Using canned beans makes this dish not just quick and easy but delish! And you have everything in your cabinet so make it now!"

Ingredients: ground cumin, curry powder...

"A recipe from my college days, adapted from a friend. It's very quick and made with inexpensive ingredients that most people will have on hand. This will make a filling, nutritious, low-fat dinner for 2 people if served with a green salad. If you have leftovers, an easy way to save them is to mix the beans and rice together before refrigerating...."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"This is a good hearty winter meal. It can easily be made healthier by using low fat sour cream and cheese."

Ingredients: pepper, diced tomatoes with green chilies...

"One of my favorite frozen weight watchers dinners is Santa Fe Beans and Rice. This is my knock off version that comes pretty close."

Ingredients: Mexican-style tomatoes, reduced-fat Mexican cheese blend...

"These are a deliciously healthy, filling meal, and good for both everyday eating and when your vegetarian guests come over for dinner! My non-vegetarian husband doesn't even miss the meat when I fix these. This is a *big* batch, so plan on leftovers. :) Good for picnics & potlucks, too... see note below."

Ingredients: powdered cumin, soy cheese...

"This is so good and it's easy too. This recipe was found in Fresh From the Vegetarian Slow Cooker."

Ingredients: ground cumin, dried oregano...

"A very simple, cheap, filling side or main dish. I make this in my dorm room, all my friends come running at the smell and are delighted at the taste. It costs me about $2.25 to make. For more heat, use Hot Ro-tel."

Ingredients: sweet corn, diced tomatoes with green chilies...

"Since having gastric bypass, eating hamburger is like digesting gravel! So, here is one of my veggie burger recipes. Feel free to add spices to fit your taste, such as cilantro. A bit of green chile or jalepeno will warm the taste of it as well! I've updated the recipe (4/22) per Jilibean's suggestion to bind the patties together more...thanks..."

Ingredients: eggs, onions, rice...

"I can't remember where I got this recipe. The Cuban surgeon at the hospital where I worked said it was "almost as good" as his mother's!"

Ingredients: pepper, dried black beans...

"This recipe was originally posted by Zenith. This member is no longer an active participant at Zaar, but I was a huge fan of her recipes, so when they went up for adoption I grabbed as many as I could. Here are her original comments:
"A tasty vegetarian burger. Fairly mild -- increase spices to your taste. Adapted from 'The Vegetarian..."

Ingredients: ground cumin, nutritional yeast...