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     Title: Oaxaca Tostada Bites
Categories: Italian, Cookies
     Yield: 30 servings

 1 1/2 c  Black beans;  cooked
     1 lg Garlic clove; minced
     2    Plum tomatoes; cut into 1/4"
          -dice
          Zest of one lime; finely gra
          -ted
     3 tb Fresh lime juice
     3 tb Fresh cilantro leaves;
          -chopped
     2 ds Tabasco sauce
   1/2 ts Unsweetened cocoa powder
   1/2 ts Ground cumin
     1 pn Cinnamon
          Salt and pepper; to taste
     1    Avocado; pitted and peeled
     1 tb Nonfat sour cream
    30 sm Tortilla chips
   3/4 c  Monterey jack cheese with
          -peppers -- shredded
     3    Romaine lettuce leaves

 Recipe by: Sheila Lukins - All Around the World cookbook
 Place the beans in a bowl and coarsely mash with the back of a wooden
 spoon.  Add the garlic, tomatoes, lime zest, 2 tablespoons of the lime
 juice, 1 tablespoon of the cilantro, tabasco sauce, cocoa powder, cumin,
 cinnamon, salt and pepper.  Mix all ingredients together well.
 In another bowl, mash the avocado with the remaining 1 tablespoon lime
 juice, sour cream and salt to taste.
 Spread 1 tablespoon of the bean mixture on each of the tortilla chips. Top
 each with 1/4 teaspoon of the avocado mixture, the a sprinkling of grated
 cheese and the shredded lettuce.  Sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of
 cilantro over all.

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