Low-Cal Black Bean and Shrimp Nachos

Name: Low-Cal Black Bean and Shrimp Nachos
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 24 Nachos
Ingredients: cooking spray; 4 (8 inch) low-fat flour tortillas, cut into wedges, whatever shape you want; 1 cup black bean dip (store bought or homemade,recipe included); 1 cup shredded fresh spinach; 3/4 cup baby shrimp; 3/4 cup salsa; 1/2 cup reduced-fat monterey jack cheese; 1/4 cup fat free sour cream or 1/4 cup light sour cream; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, undrained; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin; 2 drops liquid hot pepper; 3/4 cup minced onion; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained

Submitted by Dawn399

"I love nachos, but hate the guilt associated with consuming such a high fat indulgence. I found this recipe in Light Cooking Entertaining. A very nice book for dinner parties, especially if you want to serve good food without clogging people's arteries! This recipe includes instructions on how to assemble the nachos as well as a great bean dip recipe. The fat content is four grams for 4 nachos. Good health and happy eating!"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 18
Yields:: 24 Nachos

ingredients

For nachos
cooking spray
4 (8 inch) low-fat flour tortillas, cut into wedges, whatever shape you want
1 cup black bean dip (store bought or homemade,recipe included)
1 cup shredded fresh spinach
³⁄₄ cup baby shrimp
³⁄₄ cup salsa
¹⁄₂ cup reduced-fat monterey jack cheese
¹⁄₄ cup fat free sour cream or 1/4 cup light sour cream
Home made Black Bean Dip
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, undrained
1 teaspoon chili powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper
¹⁄₄ teaspoon ground cumin
2 drops liquid hot pepper
³⁄₄ cup minced onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained

directions

To prepare nachos: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray cooking spray on cookie sheet and place tortilla wedges on baking sheet.
Spray tortilla wedges with cooking spray and bake for 10 minutes.
Turn wedges over, spray again and cook for an additional 3 minutes.
Prepare black bean dip (you may skip this step if you have store bought dip) Spread each wedge with 1-2 teaspoons.
of black bean dip.
Top with spinach, 1 teaspoons.
shrimp, and 1 teaspoons.
salsa.
Sprinkle with cheese and add a small dab of sour cream on top.
To prepare Black bean dip: Heat olive oil in a sauce pan, sautee garlic and onion until tender and set aside.
Drain beans (I know I said don't drain them, but here you will reserve 2 Tbl. of the liquid) Combine beans, reserved bean juice, chili powder, salt, pepper, cumin, liquid pepper and place in a blender.
Puree until smooth.
Mix in green chilies and onion and garlic mixture and mix well.
May serve hot or cold.

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Dawn399

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I?m ?originally from Texas, but now live in Florida. Still gotta have that spice though....love chipotle peppers, habaneros, and jalapenos. This is a picture of myself & my 2 daughters taken in Dec'06. I am working on my graduate degree, & still work as a nurse prn. When I'm not cooking and eating what I cook... I head for the gym to work out. As far as cookbooks, I love the church/ community cookbooks, where someone has dug out old handwritten recipes by granny and shared them with others-those are the best kind. If I had a month off, I'd for sure go hiking, would love to visit Australia and New Zealand.?

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