Black Bean Salsa; Cucumber and Melon Salad

This meal was fun to eat, delicious, refreshing, satisfying, and healthy. The Black Bean salsa is also great on scrambled eggs for breakfast, or on grilled meat for dinner.


Black Bean Salsa

1 cup cooked, drained, rinsed black beans
1/2 cup frozen corn
3 roma tomatoes, diced (leave juice in)
1/2 red pepper, seeded and diced
zest and juice of 2 lemons
2 large avocados, diced
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp (or more) hot sauce
1/3 cup olive oil

Mix everything together and serve with tortilla chips.

Cucumber and Melon Salad
1 cucumber, sliced
1/2 honeydew melon, cubed into about 1" cubes
1 cup vanilla yogurt
2 tbsp fresh oregano leaves, chopped

Mix together and serve cold.