Recipe - Black Bean Flautas

2 16oz. cans black beans
including liquid
2 teaspoon Chili powder
One half teaspoon Ground cumin
1 Clove garlic, minced
1 Bay leaf
12 6inch flour tortillas
6 Green onions, minced
2 Tomatoes, chopped
Salsa

In a medium saucepan, combine beans, bean liquid,
chili powder, cumin, garlic and bay leaf. Simmer 10
minutes. Remove bay leaf. Drain bean mixture,
reserving liquid. Mash beans, adding liquid as needed
for desired consistency.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fill tortillas with 1 or
2 heaping tablespoons bean mixture and top with green
onions and tomatoes. Roll up into a tube shape and
place in a 9 by 13inch baking pan, seam side down.
Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Use any
leftover bean mix for dipping. Or dip in salsa. Makes
12 flautas.

Variation: Substitue one 16ounce can vegetarian
refried beans for mashed black beans and spices.
Spread on tortillas and proceed with recipe.

Per flauta: 83 cal.; 5g prot.; 3 g fat; 8 g carb.; 0
chol.; 65 mg. sod.

Adapted from July 1992 _Vegetarian Times_
Posted by DEEANNE on 1/23/93

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini