This into bean salad is not only great with broiled corn on the cob and grilled chicken but is yet another negative calorie diet recipe!

Who said that negative calorie foods are boring? Let the recipe below proof these people wrong. Lovely sweet and sour taste thanks to the combination of apple cider and molasses.

Negative calorie diet : Barbecue pinto bean salad

For 4 persons:

• 1 15-ounce / 450 gr can of pinto beans. For the sake of healthy recipes: buy only organic pinto beans and rinse them thoroughly when you take them out of the can
   
• 2 medium seeded and coarsely chopped tomatoes
   
• 1 cucumber, chopped
   
• 1 bunch scallions (those green onion stems) trimmed and chopped
   
• 1/3 cup (80ml) prepared spicy barbecue sauce
   
• 2 teaspoons molasses
   
• 3 tablespoons pure apple cider vinegar
   
• for a spicy touch: your choice of hot sauce to taste (I love it with green tabasco)
   
• freshly coriander leaves to taste
   
• freshly grounded pepper to taste or your other favorite spices : since Indians are the masters of delicious vegetarian food, try to find Chaat Masala and add at most 1 teaspoon.
   

Preparing pinto bean salad

1. Mix in a large bowl the apple cider vinegar, barbecue sauce and molasses. Whisk until thoroughly mixed.
    
2. Add the vegetables: scallions, tomatoes and rinsed pinto beans.
    
3. Toss the vegetables to coat the pinto beans with your vinaigrette.
    
4. Season with fresh ground pepper, hot sauce and coriander leaves. In case you make the salad one day ahead, add the fresh cilantro leaves 1 hour before serving.

This pinto beans salad can be made one day in advance to serve with your upcoming barbecue. Store in the fridge but make sure to serve at room temperature.

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Enjoy by far the most delicious of all negative calorie food recipes: grated potatoes with a delicious pepper, chili, tomato sauce. Buy from the same authors their complete cookbook of negative calorie food recipes.

Ingredients for the best of all negative calorie foods recipes

This vegetarian negative calorie food recipe serves 4 people

• 1 green bell pepper seeded and chopped
   
• 1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped
   
• 1 onion finely chopped
   
• 1 large red potato : cleaned, grated and rinsed
   
• 1 15 ounce/450ml  can of drained pinto beans
   
• 1 15 ounce/450ml can of drained red kidney beans
   
• 2 15 ounce/450ml cans of Mexican style stewed tomatoes
   
• 1 cup (250ml) water
   
• 3 tablespoons of chili powder
   
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil

How to prepare the best of all negative calorie foods recipes

1. Over medium high heat, pour oil into an oven-proof cast-iron skillet.
    
2. Add the onion and bell peppers and sauté stirring occasionally until the onion is lightly browned.
    
3. Add 2 tablespoons of the chili powder and cook for another minute until you can smell the chili flavor.
    
4. Pour in the drained beans, tomatoes, and water, bring fast to a boil over a high fire and simmer on a lower fire for about 20 more minutes until the mixture thickens.
    
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) when you have 5 minutes left.
    
6. Take the beans from the fire and add the grated potato, spreading them across the top of the mixture.
    
7. Add the remaining tablespoon of chili powder evenly over the top of the grated potatoes.
    
8. Insert the grated potatoes and sauce into the oven and bake for about 20 to 35 minutes until the grated potatoes turn golden brown.

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