Gluten Free Black Bean Recipes

As adapted from FitnessMagazine.com.

Add whatever fresh vegetables you have - this soup is low-fat!

To satisfy that rich dark chocolate craving without the guilt. These are very moist and full of dark chocolate flavor. Perfect sin that won't go to the waistline.

This is a recipe that will blow you away! Even people who do not appreciate this sort of thing (like myself) will love it. I made all my beans from dried, but you can use canned if you are not concerned about corn derivatives. Just be sure to rinse and drain them! The original recipe called for 1 1/2 C cooked corn instead of chick peas, but I changed it to make the recipe corn and gluten free. You can always experiment with other types of beans. The friend who gave me this recipe put pinto beans in hers.

*****NOTE***** If you want to be sure that this recipe is also corn safe, you must:

1) use a high quality red wine vinegar -- check the label or call the manufacturer!
2) cook your own beans (or use a canned product that lists beans as its sole ingredient!)
3) use real lime juice that you squeeze from the fruit!
4) use non-iodized salt!
5) use high quality spices you can trust, like McCormick single ingredient spices (in this case, cumin)


FYI: 'Qinoa' is pronounced "keen-WAH"

I'll try to get a better pic next time I make it. I ate it all before I thought of it!

This recipe is slightly modified from the Minimalist Baker

This protein and fiber packed meal is low fat and really tasty. I was looking for something to eat and in the fine tradition of the south I used what was in my cupboards! :)

Low carb

These brownies are very chocolatey!

Use a dariy free guacamole and it's vegan!

I just crush the chips, drain and clean the beans, chop the veggies, nd put it in a food processer but you can mash the beans with a fork and stir it all till combined. Then divide into 5 balls and cook i Nvmd a skillet with olive oil nonstick spray until it looks burnt, may need more chips if its falling apart.

Protein packed Brownies!

Delicious warming bean and vegetable soup

Adapted from thesweet-toothlife.com:

Want brownies but not all of the sugar and calories? This is for you, and it has protein!

These brownies are essentially sugar free, gluten free, anti-oxidant rich and SO DELICIOUS! Guilt-free pleasure. A 2" square is only 100 calories.

I substituted Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free oats and they turned out great! These burgers have a light texture, and pack a lot of flavor.

This recipe was featured on the Clean Eating Magazine website and I simply HAD to try it. I changed the servings to 20 instead of 8 as the website stated...so they're mere nibbles instead of big honking brownies. :-) I used canola oil instead of olive oil [because I'm not very keen on olive oil in baked goods] and some organic dark cherry vanilla chocolate instead of just plain ol' dark chocolate [because that's all I had on hand in my pantry].

I really like these and plan to make them again!

For those of us on a very low carb/low sugar diet, here's something that comes as close as I've found to tasting like the real thing! Hint: Let the cake sit overnight in a cake dome before frosting and eating. This takes away any 'beany' flavor.

Here's the frosting to go on your sugar free, black bean cake!

Here's the frosting to go on your sugar free, black bean cake!

Sugarless, low carb, but really great tasting chocolatey, chewy brownie you can feel good about. Good source of fiber and protein with no flour! You can't taste the beans at all.

Easily made with food processor. Makes fudgy brownies

These are flourless brownies made with pureed black beans! You won't believe it! You can substitute spices for the vanilla. I used about 1 tsp. Penzey's Apple Pie Spice and it was terrific.

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/black-bean-brow
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A big huge batch of hearty gluten free soup.

For days you have the chocolate cravings.