Black Bean Gazpacho

Serves:

Ingredients:

3 c Chopped, peeled, and seeded
Tomatoes
1 12-oz. can (1-1/2 cups) hot
Style vegetable juice
Cocktail
1 c Cubed fully cooked ham
1 15-oz. can black beans or
Garbanzo beans, rinsed and
Drained
1/2 c Chopped seeded cucumber,
Yellow summer squash, and/or
Zucchini
1/2 c Chopped green or yellow
Sweet pepper
1/4 c Thinly sliced green onion
2 tb Italian salad dressing
Bottled hot pepper sauce
(optional)

Method:

IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL comine tomatoes, juice, ham, beans, cucumber or squash, chopped pepper, green onion, and dressing.
Cover and chill for 2 to 24 hours.
If desired, serve with bottled hot pepper sauce.
Makes 4 main-dish servings.
Nutrition facts per serving: 201 cal.
, 6 g total fat (1 g sat.
fat), 11 mg chol.
, 1,247 mg sodium, 25 g carbo.
, 8 g fiber, 17 g pro.
Daily Value: 17% vit.
A, 82% vit.
C, 8% calcium, 19% iron.