Description
Nachos for breakfast? This dietitian says yes if they’re packed with beans and veggies!
Ingredients
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- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 5 cups diced yellow squash or zucchini (about 2 medium sized)
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 (15 ounce) cans lower sodium light kidney beans or cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 of a 14.5 ounce bag of tortilla chips
- 4 ounces Pepper Jack cheese
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 1 avocado, pitted and diced
- 1 (2.25 ounce) can sliced black olives
- Chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Place a large skillet over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon oil.
- Add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add squash, pepper and salt. Saute for about 10 -12 minutes or until squash has softened, stirring occasionally. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Mash beans with a fork in a bowl. Stir in cumin.
- Put skillet back onto stove and add remaining oil. Add beans and warm until heated through (2 – 3 minutes), stirring a few times. Remove from stove.
- Turn on broiler.
- To assemble nachos, spread out tortilla chips on a baking sheet with a lip. Spread cooked squash and warmed bean mash on top. Sprinkle with cheese and heat under broiler until melted (about 1 1/2 – 2 minutes.) Keep an eye on your broiler so you don’t burn them.
- Remove and slide nachos off onto a serving platter. Top with tomatoes, avocado, olives and cilantro. Serve immediately.